Information about local bin collections is now available on-line. Residents can check collection day details on the Bradford Council website at www.bradford.gov.uk and following the link on the front page. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the council's
Thackley 1 South Normanton 1 South Normanton Athletic netted an 89th-minute equaliser to snatch a point in tonight's Northern Counties East Premier Division clash. Nathan Scott rounded the Thackley keeper to slot home and leave the home fans frustrated
Careers Bradford has been nominated for a major award after helping nearly 200 young people change their lives. It is in the running for the St Stephen's Hull Partnership Innovation Award at The Prince's Trust's Celebrate Success ceremony in Leeds later
Bournemouth 1 Leeds 3 Tresor Kandol started and finished the game with well-taken goals as Leeds bounced back from their first defeat to beat ten-man Bournemouth. But the gloss was taken off the win when Andy Hughes made a reckless tackle on Scott Golbourne
City bagged their first win for nine games in an incident-packed clash with high-flying Chester. Goals from Omar Daley and Alex Rhodes clinched a much-needed three points at the Coral Windows Stadium. Kevin Ellison's reply in stoppage time was no more
A staggering £75,000 was raised in only a few hours to help build a hospital in earthquake-hit Kashmir. Guests at the event at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium pledged sums ranging from tens of pounds up to thousands in aid of the Midland Doctors
Check out what's inside your mouth' is the message of a new health campaign that could save lives. Oral Health teams at Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust and the Maxillo Facial Unit at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Two men and one woman were arrested after drugs team officers searched a vehicle in Manningham. Police stopped and searched the three people on North Park Road and found an amount of suspected crack cocaine and heroin. A 32-year-old woman was arrested
An 85-year-old woman was left startled after using her walking stick to ward off a man climbing through her kitchen window. She was at home in the Fagley Road area of Fagley, Bradford, at about 9.25pm yesterday when she heard someone shouting hello.
Firefighters stopped a kitchen fire getting out of control after a firework was found alight on the floor. A crew from Odsal was attending a small rubbish fire nearby when they were called to a house fire in Boynton Street, West Bowling, Bradford, with
Bradford West MP Marsha Singh accused one of his former staff members of being "vicious" and "bullying" at an employment tribunal today. He made his comments as he cross-examined Bradford Councillor Lynne Smith, who is claiming sexual discrimination
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Janusz Dymiter, aged 25, of Woodhall Avenue, Thornbury; drink-driving, £40 fine, £15 compensation, £60 costs, banned from driving for 12 months. Zirak Nafeez, aged 28, of Harbour Road, Buttershaw
An open letter in the Telegraph & Argus urging support of Bradford's Park at the Heart bid was used in a powerful presentation to Big Lottery Fund judges. On the first and second pages of today's paper, T&A Editor Perry Austin-Clarke urged the 12-strong
A pensioner who died after he racially abused and attacked a group of Asian men was lawfully killed in self-defence, a Coroner has ruled. Alan Sheard, 67, who had been drinking heavily, suffered massive head injuries when he fell on to a kerb. He had
The owner of a Bradford hotel is on the verge of selling up and leaving the city after two fireworks attacks on the hotel's busy bar area put patrons at risk and started a fire. The bar of the Westleigh Hotel on Easby Road was full of customers on Bonfire
Tame Tupou insists his rattled New Zealand team-mates can regain some honour and thwart Great Britain's bid for a 3-0 series thrashing. The humiliated Kiwis - drubbed 44-0 last weekend - face only a second whitewash in more than half a century if they
Ryan Craven and Rhys Raistrick scored twice as Bradford United Lizards under-11s came from behind to beat Oakworth 6-5 in a Keybury League thriller. The hosts were 3-1 down at half-time but hit back to lead 5-3 before Oakworth replied with a long-range
A young woman screamed in terror as she fought off a man who tried to rape her, a court heard. The 21-year-old, who is epileptic, was left shaking and crying in her nightclothes after the attack in her Bradford bedsit, a jury was told today. In the
Caretaker-boss John Deacey has been told he can enter the loan market as he attempts to become Lee Sinnott's permanent successor at Farsley. Deacey was in charge for the first time on Sunday when the Celts lost 4-1 at home to York and the former assistant
An MP is to lobby the Government for action after a decision to deny compensation to victims of an asbestos-related condition. The decision was released shortly before MPs broke for a week before yesterday's Queen's speech, but Bradford North MP Terry
A Slovakian national accused of causing the death of a Bradford police officer by dangerous driving has been granted bail by a judge today. Jan Tokar, 20, of Sunningdale, Fairweather Green, Bradford, was charged after PC Ian Walker, 51, a traffic officer
Bradford City's women had a day to remember as four teams ran in 40 goals between them without reply. The first team have had a difficult time over the past month, with four successive defeats, but they bounced back in style to crush Hull City 8-0 at
Over 250 runners took part in a district event hosted by Airienteers in the woods and on moorland at Danefield near Otley. It was a colour-coded competition, with courses of different length and complexity, and the size of the area allowed for a seldom-run
Keighley cyclo-cross ace Chris Young helped Yorkshire take the Inter-Area Team Championship veterans crown in Leicestershire after linking up with Northallerton's Noel Clough. Young, the former British champion and Yorkshire Points Series hopeful, put
Running Log Spenborough's Anthony Bradford won the veterans' category as the ever-popular Guy Fawkes ten-miler attracted 828 runners to Ripley Castle. Bradford was back towards his best on a scenic but challenging course through the Nidderdale villages
Injury-ravaged Clayton handed captain Craig Pickthall the number eight shirt and he responded by blowing hosts St Joseph's out of the water with a hat-trick in the Pennine League. The Villagers, who have shot up the Premier Division table following their
Saddleworth Rangers 24, Dudley Hill 20 Division One leaders Bradford Dudley Hill narrowly lost a nail-biting National Conference encounter at Saddleworth. Hill took an early 6-2 lead when Barney Hopcroft crossed the whitewash, leaving fellow wingman
The Telegraph & Argus Brilliant Bradford campaign aims to give people back the feelgood factor and now we want to hear what makes Bradford and district truly brilliant for you. Over the past few weeks we've been reporting on the Sustainable Commun-ity
Half a Sixpence, Bradford Alhambra. Push Tommy Steele out of your mind! Surely the role of draper's assistant Arthur Kipps in this bright, bouncy, charming show must really have been created for Gary Wilmot. His Kipps is a wonderful cheeky chappie,
Karting ace Jack Hawksworth had to withstand some tense moments before clinching second place in the Super Four British ICC Karting Championship. The 16-year-old from Cullingworth headed into the final round at Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, 25 points ahead
The under-13 boys take pride of place for Bingley Harriers after the second event of the West Yorkshire Cross-Country League at Bramley Park, Leeds. They won their section, being led home by James Hall (fifth), followed by Thomas Potter (tenth), Thomas
Both Year Seven boys' finalists in the Bradford and Keighley stage of the Carnegie Champion Schools' Rugby League Tournament came from the same group. Hanson won all three of their matches in Group Two, defeating Queensbury 8-4, Settle 8-0 and Oakbank
There might have been more clubs from West Yorkshire taking part but North Yorkshire sides led the way in Baildon Rugby Union Club's mini festival. Teams from Keighley, Skipton, West Park Bramhope, Wharfedale and Baildon entered, more than 230 players
Keighley's Taekwondo School of Excellence boasts seven new Black Belts and two new 2nd Dan Black Belts following the National Grading at the TAGB Bristol Academy. All the students have been training hard for at least four years for this but this year's
Skipton Rugby Union Football Club will host the second and final Under-16 Northern Rugby Union Festival on Sunday, November 25. Yorkshire open up the programme against Durham at 11am, Cumbria will face Northumberland at 12.30pm and Cheshire will wrap
Yarnbury are already through to the fourth round of the National Colts Knockout Rugby Union Cup. The Horsforth-based club had a 22-0 win at Roundhegians in round two and then received a walkover against Bolton. Keighley lost 41-6 in the second round
Haworth West End's Tinashe Gomwe was chosen as the outstanding under-18 player category in the Mewies Solicitors Craven and District Cricket League. Tinashe, 15, recipient of the Harold Blackburn Memorial Trophy, was the youngest player in the league's
/_images/misc/misc/pheasant.jpg Having a little lie-in on Saturday morning, my ears were tuned to the a-bit-past-dawn chorus of birdlife outside beyond the pulled curtains. There was the usual array of tweeting from feathered friends whose names I have
/_images/misc/misc/pheasant.jpg Having a little lie-in on Saturday morning, my ears were tuned to the a-bit-past-dawn chorus of birdlife outside beyond the pulled curtains. There was the usual array of tweeting from feathered friends whose names I have
/_images/misc/misc/pheasant.jpg Having a little lie-in on Saturday morning, my ears were tuned to the a-bit-past-dawn chorus of birdlife outside beyond the pulled curtains. There was the usual array of tweeting from feathered friends whose names I have
/_images/misc/misc/pheasant.jpg Having a little lie-in on Saturday morning, my ears were tuned to the a-bit-past-dawn chorus of birdlife outside beyond the pulled curtains. There was the usual array of tweeting from feathered friends whose names I have
The ground floor of a terrace house was left uninhabitable after a fire raged through the property. Fire crews from Bradford, Idle and Stanningley arrived at the scene in a four pump incident in Wellands Terrace, Bradford Moor, Bradford, at 10.30pm yesterday
Firefighters stopped a kitchen fire getting out of control after a firework was discovered alight on the floor. A crew from Odsal was attending a small rubbish fire on the next street when they were called to a house fire in Boynton Street, West Bowling
If a week's a long time in showbusiness, then what would you call nine years? That period of time being the interval between pop's brightest hopes, the mighty Choppersquad, first going into the recording studio and then following that up with a second
SIR - 2008 will be the National Year of Reading. This should be a time to encourage participation and celebrate the joy of reading. Sadly three million blind, partially sighted, dyslexic and other print-disabled readers risk being excluded from this
SIR - What an excellent article about the radio by Jim Greenhalf (T&A, November 3). I too object to the obscene amounts we, the licence payers, hand out to the like of Jonathon Ross, above, and Graham Norton, left. The BBC bosses, who are also paid
SIR - Louise Meehan's letter (T&A, October 30) responds to my earlier accusation of spin by the BBC in their recent Question Time programme broadcast locally. Firstly, I must thank her for repeatedly using my name four times in her contradiction. I
SIR - I look forward to reading letters from Keith Thomson, even though in the main I disagree with what he writes. He tends to state as a fact something that he believes in, but I must call him to account again. His letter It's an ill wind' (T&A, November
SIR - I was fascinated to read about the High Royds Cemetery (T&A, October 29). This has been a matter of great concern to me for many years, especially since the closure of the hospital and redevelopment of the estate. Having lived within a stone's
SIR - Because of a £2 billion funding shortfall, programmes commissioned by the BBC are to be cut by ten per cent, leading to more repeats (T&A, October 18). Really? Well last Saturday, BBC2 televised between 6pm and 12.15am, five hours and 15 minutes
SIR - I am dismayed, but not surprised, that some residents of Manningham have decided to protest against a local sex shop which sports a window display of mannequins dressed in lingerie (T&A, October 27) which, I might add, was approved by the Council's
SIR - I have to say that I was completely staggered by Councillor Vanda Greenwood's audacity in trying to claim that the forthcoming post office closures were due to Bradford Council rather than the Government (T&A, October 24). She must know this was
SIR - With reference to Mark Goodwin's letter (T&A, October 30) on Bradford's Council's Sustainable Strategy Survey, I remember the 'blitz' of the Seventies and before, when the heart was ripped out of Bradford. Beautiful buildings such as Busby's, Exchange
SIR - I was fascinated to read Councillor Simon Cooke's letter (T&A, November 1) regarding literacy standards in primary schools. He cites an 1838 report on the "training of pauper children", which suggested 87 per cent of 12-year-olds could read and
A crucial new report on the future of the Odsal Sporting Village proposal has revealed that Bradford College has become a key partner in the scheme. The report, which is the result of eight months' work by an informal Project Review Group, welcomes the
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Bowling: lowering of kerb outside dwelling, 122 Southfield Road. Bowling: new shop front, 767 Wakefield Road. Bradford Moor: two storey extension and dormer window to the rear
In 1429,Henry VI was crowned King of England. In 1942, the Church of England ended its rule forcing women to wear hats in church. In 2006, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of November
A man has been locked up for life for killing a teenager by slashing her throat with a broken bottle. Richard Mark Hanson, 21, above, admitted the manslaughter of Gemma Roberts, 18, on grounds of diminished responsibility when he appeared before Leeds
When she lost her leg in a car accident at the age of 20, it could have been the end of the world for Debbie Carroll. But she had other ideas. Determined not to let it ruin her life, she went on to pack more into the next two decades than most people
A manufacturing firm has completed a £2.25 million investment programme to bring its operations under one roof. George Barker & Company has built an 8,000 square metre warehouse extension to its premises in Highfield Road, Idle, Bradford. The firm,
Hecklers, listeners and poets are invited to a poetry festival on Saturday as part of the city's Raise Your Banners event. Anyone with an opinion and who wants to have a say on issues of the day can go along and join in or just take it all in, said one
Supermarket chain Morrisons has made a commitment to sell 100 per cent British fresh lamb throughout the year in its stores nationwide. Speaking at the English Food and Farming Partnership (EFFP)'s annual conference, Marc Bolland, chief executive of
A campaign against post office closures is set to gather force when a 3,000-name petition is presented to Parliament. Campaigner Andy Rowley took to the streets of Shipley, Saltaire, Windhill and Wrose to campaign against any future closures by Post
Bradford College will celebrate student success and mark the completion of a wide range of courses during its annual Festival of Achievement. The festival will begin with higher education graduation ceremonies in November followed by a further education
Burglars smashed through the wall of a filling station with a sledgehammer before crawling through the hole and making of with thousands of pounds of cigarettes in a night-time raid. Police are investigating the possibility that the raiders might have
Children will be dressed in their pyjamas ready for a bedtime story at a Bradford school. St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School in Beacon Road, Horton Bank Top, is holding an information evening for parents about story telling tonight. Parents
The astonishing story of how a Bradford woman traced her roots to mid-18th-century Jamaica is being told in an exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. Jennifer Thornton's great-great-great-great grandfather was John
Bury Youth 3, Silsden Youth 0 Silsden's young guns were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup at Gigg Lane tonight as first-round hosts Bury eased through with a comfortable win. First-team boss Paul Schofield was watching from the sidelines and said: "Bury
Thackley are in action tomorrow night, hosting South Normanton Athletic in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. They will be looking to build on their 2-0 victory over Armthorpe Welfare at the weekend. "We need to find some consistency as win
Avenue 2, Woodley Sports 0 Benny Phillips' wish was granted as his Bradford side bagged a second victory in three days and the six points that pushed them back into the play-off zone in UniBond Division One North. Avenue are now fourth in the table
