A pair of derelict semi-detached properties were burnt to a shell in the Bierley area of Bradford as firefighters tackled the flames for two hours tonight. A hydraulic platform from Bradford fire station was called to Fallowfield Gardens just after 7.30pm
Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague visited the district to hear about issues facing manufacturers. The former Tory leader, along with Bradford Council Leader Kris Hopkins, met bosses at Keighley-based Wells Spiral Tubes, who are calling for an end
A 46-year-old man will be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court next month for a charge of arson while being reckless as to whether life would be endangered. Philip McBride, of Netherlands Square, Low Moor, Bradford, had pleaded guilty to the offence at
A window cleaner has been jailed for a revenge arson attack which killed his former wife's dog. Geoffrey Ronald Guy, 52, of Baildon Caravan Park, was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. He had pleaded guilty to a
A London pizza restaurant owner who murdered his business partner and drove the body in the boot of his car to Bradford to dispose of it will spend at least 15 years behind bars. Ali Sher Shah, 41, was convicted after a long trial in September, 1998,
A coroner has called for action to be taken against a Bradford nightclub following the death of a teenager from the dance drug Ecstasy. Bradford Coroner Roger Whittaker condemned The Mill in Thornton Road, which hosts raves. And he told an inquest yesterday
A 33-year-old Bradford man has been charged with supplying heroin and crack cocaine, and possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine. The charges follow his arrest in July. He has been bailed to appear before Bradford Magistrate's Court
Detectives are hunting a man who dragged a woman into bushes and sexually assaulted her. The victim, in her 20s, was walking along Thornton Road, Bradford, when she was grabbed by the man. He fled when she shouted for help. Detective Inspector John
A judge has told two Bradford men he would be disappointed to see them back in court. Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Abusafian Majid and Samad Majid: "You must be extremely embarrassed about your bad behaviour." With them in the dock at Leeds Crown
A man has told a jury he stamped four times on a pensioner's face after the 72-year-old molested his girlfriend. Jonathon Langley, 22, said he knocked Jankee Jaimungal down to scare him and to stop him doing it again. He stamped on his face twice with
A trapped cat was reunited with its owner after being coaxed out from between two garages in Hough Side Road, Pudsey. The feline had spent hours this morning lodged between the structures after wandering its way into trouble. A crew from Stanningley
After spending nearly ten days in intensive care a Bradford security guard, who was stabbed during a robbery, is said to be in an "improving" condition. David Davies, who suffered numerous stab wounds when he was attacked in Cleckheaton, was also out
A family is putting up a £500 reward for the safe return of their pedigree pooch. Bonny the Bichon Frise was last seen near her home in Bradford's Westgate Hill area at tea-time on November 14. Since she disappeared, her owners have been sticking up
A Horsforth restaurant has been prosecuted over waste. Leeds Council's environmental enforcement team brough the proprietors of Golden Bengal UK Ltd, before the city's magistrates' court on Tuesday. The restaurant at the Woolpack Building, in Low Lane
A man was given an £80 fixed penalty notice for wasting police time after falsely claiming he was a victim of theft. The 20-year-old, of Manningham, Bradford, alleged his mobile phone and watch had been stolen from him in the city centre. Police inquiries
Dudley Hill captain Lewis Evans has been picked to represent BARLA Great Britain - the first player from the club to win such an honour in 15 years. The free-scoring full back will play in a Test against Morocco in France next month. Hill boss Jason
Leeds United manager Dennis Wise has accused the FA of a whitewash by failing to find referee Danny McDermid guilty of swearing at him. Wise, backed by statements from four witnesses, reported McDermid after a 1-1 draw at Gillingham on September 29.
The Bulls are back in the black for the first time in eight years. Chairman Peter Hood today confirmed that the club made a pre-tax profit of £222,564 in 2006. They have recorded operating losses since 1999 but bounced back last year with an encouraging
Jamie Waite is delighted to be given a chance to resurrect his career with City - but he is even happier just to be alive. The 21-year-old goalkeeper was diagnosed with cancer of the lymph glands 18 months ago, which spread to his chest and abdomen.
Leading club Woodlands are urging the JCT600 Bradford League to do all in their powers to get the Home Office criteria for overseas players reduced for the 2009 season. At the moment, the relevant Tier Two category for a working permit defines sporting
Of 26 proposals for rule amendments brought before the Aire-Wharfe League's annual meeting at Otley Rugby Union Club, only two were carried. They were that no overseas players shall play in any second-team or third-team matches without special dispensation
Two new clubs have been admitted to the Dales Council League on a year's probation. They are Hepworth & Idle from the Bradford Central League and Leeds-based Hyde Park. As Hepworth & Idle have come in with two teams, this gives the league 36 teams,
Horsforth Hall Park, who were relegated from Division Two of the Aire-Wharfe League this season, have signed three players from the Bradford League. They are Nadeem Hanif from Esholt, Amjid Hussain from Manningham Mills and Munir Khaliq from Undercliffe
Entries are being sought for the DR Sports-Robert Bland Bradford Area Cricket Council six-a-side competition at Woodlands Sports Centre on Saturday, December 15 (1pm). Interested teams should contact Area Council secretary David Wilson on 01132-564349
Police community support officers pounding the streets of Bradford will now have to be 18. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today defended Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and their role in neighbourhood policing teams but raised the age limit
Who’s looking forward to the results of that ‘root and branch’ examination into England’s Euro failure? We might as well write it off now. That examination is going to be as far-reaching as a trip to the bog and as revealing as an England ‘star’s’ autobiography
The owner of a Horsforth restaurant has been fined and ordered to pay substantial costs by Leeds magistrates after being convicted of failing to produce documents to show commercial waste was being disposed of legally. Abdul Rashid, director of the Golden
An MP has warned of a "worrying growth" in bullies who use the internet and mobile phones to harass their classmates. Keighley MP Ann Cryer criticised cyberbullying' as a "new and insidious form of intimidation and victimisation of children". She is
People with learning difficulties will be getting the Champagne treatment after hotel bosses stepped in to save their Christmas party. More than 30 members of the cash-strapped Mencap and Gateway Friday Club, which meets at Keighley Resource Centre
Avenue's recent league form has been tremendous and five straight victories have put them right back in the frame for automatic promotion to the UniBond Premier Division. But skipper Steve Connors insisted there is much work still to be done as Benny
Bradford City women return to Northern Combination football action at Thackley on Sunday when they take on Scunthorpe hoping to carry on where they left off in their West Riding County Cup first-round win over Castleford side White Rose. City were always
Farsley still have to narrow down the applicants for their managerial vacancy but it is not causing a problem for chairman Andy Firbank and is handing caretaker boss John Deacey more of an opportunity to set down his marker. The Celts stayed out of the
Horsforth Hall Park, who were relegated from Division Two of the Aire-Wharfe League this season, have signed three players from the Bradford League. They are Nadeem Hanif from Esholt, Amjid Hussain from Manningham Mills and Munir Khaliq from Undercliffe
FC Queensbury's reward for beating three Merseyside teams in the Carlsberg Sunday Football Association Cup is a trip to the north east on Sunday to play reigning champions Coundon Conservative - who play in Division One of the Wear Valley League. The
The daughter of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar was today jailed for three years and nine months for the manslaughter of her two-year-old son Harris. Samaya Rafiq, 28, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross neglect and four charges of child cruelty
Liversedge went top of the NCE Premier Division table in midweek and boss Steve Newton is aiming to ensure it will not be a fleeting visit to the summit. Newton, appointed in the close season under the shadow of Gerry Quinn's resignation, has flourished
Everyone at Eccleshill shared the massive disappointment of the club's midweek exit from the FA Vase. That was the verdict from club spokesman Paul Jarvis after the dust had settled on the injury-time replay defeat to Pickering Town. The loss means
The rustle of a packet of crisps, the laughter of children in a playground and the tip-tap of high heels on a pavement are all sounds most people take for granted. But for Rachel Fishwick they are sounds she is hearing for the first time thanks to a
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Kamran Ahmed, 26, of Wellands Terrace, Barkerend; driving without insurance, £100 fine, £15 compensation, banned from driving for one year; driving without a licence, failure to produce insurance
In 1835, Henry Burden patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine. In 1889, the first juke-box was installed in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco. In 2000, Tony Blair announced that the UK would take June 2, 2002, as a Bank Holiday to celebrate
I see people every day hesitating over the price of a newspaper or a cup of posh' coffee, but as soon as a crisis hits or a charity appeal launches we give as much as we can in droves. Look at how much was raised for the tsunami or the earthquake appeal
SIR - Many people, through the pages of your newspaper, lament the state of shopping in Bradford city centre. There was a time when the city could support exclusive shops and department stores. I think it probably boils down to the old maxim of supply
SIR - Regeneration boss Maud Marshall states (T&A, November 19) "This new 220-bed hotel will help the city to secure increased business". How, surely common sense and logic would say, create new business first, then the hotel will follow on, complementary
SIR - J Restorick (T&A, November 20) suggests that the Park at the Heart could be where the eyesore in Forster Square is now. No, this would not suit our councillors; they want a traffic-free bubble around City Hall still. I've mentioned this a few
SIR - I am sick to death of seeing "artists' impressions" in your paper of proposed developments in the city centre, hardly any of which seem to come to fruition. I have lived and worked in Bradford for more than 40 years and have a great affinity with
SIR - As Peter Rushforth surmises (T&A, November 20) there should be ample oil for my bike, but that is about all. The Brazilian Tupi field, 155 miles out in the Atlantic, will produce up to eight billion barrels of oil. That is enough to supply world
SIR - The BBC programme The Daily Politics states that only 23 per cent of Scots polled wanted independence. We know English taxpayers are funding a disproportionate amount per head to Scotland, Gordon's gift for sending many Labour Scottish MPs to Westminster
SIR - D S Boyes (T&A, November 14) was right to point out the disparities suffered by the English in the wake of Scottish and Welsh devolution, but I am not convinced clinging to the idea of a so-called United Kingdom is the answer. The letter accuses
SIR - The exquisite irony of someone called Bird writing about Prince Harry's penchant for blasting our feathered friends out of the Sandringham sky will, I know, not be lost on your readers (T&A, November 17). That, together with letters the previous
SIR - Jim Greenhalf's Saturday Essay "The high price democracy has had to pay" (T&A, November 17) is the most realistic and truthful article I have read for a long time. We are certainly over-governed and could get rid of 500 MPs tomorrow. If they can
Sir - Once again the people of this country are going to suffer from being governed by what must surly be the most incompetent set of politicians in living memory. The latest entry into their catalogue of incompetence is the ability to lose 25 million
SIR - I appreciate Philip Davies MP is desperate to obtain coverage in the press at all costs, but it might be a good idea if he were to examine the record of Professor Rogers before he accuses him of living in an ivory tower because his views on the
SIR - It's good to see the growing awareness of bullying among young people and that it is being tackled in the Bradford district. Unfortunately, bullying and harassment doesn't stop when people leave school. People of all ages are entitled to Dignity
Although the Big Lottery Fund bosses have chosen not to finance Bradford's Park at the Heart despite a first-class presentation in support of it, this is too good a scheme, and too important to the future of the city, to be allowed to die. It is one of
Two men have been arrested in the Daisy Hill area of Bradford on suspicion of supplying crack cocaine. The men, aged 22 and 24, were also arrested on possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. A 30-year-old woman was also arrested on
Yorkshire Water owner Kelda has said it has received a takeover approach valuing the business at about £3 billion. In a rare piece of merger and acquisition activity, Kelda revealed it was the subject of interest from an infrastructure consortium backed
A mum-of-three has escaped prison after a judge heard how red tape had threatened to postpone the burial of her baby son. Stacey Waller, 25, admitted attacking a teenage girl who had had a fling with her husband, but walked free from court after the
Bradford Council is to give £20,000 to help the victims of the Bangladesh cyclone disaster. The Council has agreed to give the British Red Cross the donation following the devastation caused by Cyclone Sidr last week. The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor
Free rhymes and games workshops to introduce pre-school children to numeracy are being started by Bradford Council. Parents and carers are invited to take their children to workshops which are being held in libraries across the district starting next
A Bradford woman has re-enlisted into the Army at the Bradford Army Careers Information office having missed the excitement of military operations in her civilian life. Zoe Knipe, 29, pictured, who originally joined the Army in 1996 and served with the
A message on a bottle is helping youngsters across the district tackle bullying. A partnership between Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) and Keighley-based mineral water company Royal Spring has seen the launch of anti-bullying
A pioneering project to build a community brick by brick has taken delivery of its landmark. A lorry arrived at the site of the Cottingley Cornerstone Project yesterday loaded with a 40ft church spire on its back. It took a mammoth effort on the ground
A gallery which has showcased the Keighley area's most prolific artists for more than three years is closing down. Gail Cooke, owner of Cavendish Galleries in Cavendish Street, has made the decision after battling to keep the gallery open over the past
A former professional goalkeeper is determined to find a saviour for English football after the national team dramatically failed to qualify for Euro 2008. England's keeper Scott Carson's blunder in conceding the opening goal after only eight minutes
A letter was last night sent to West Yorkshire's Chief Constable asking what steps he is taking to safeguard families after sensitive personal details of every child benefit claimant in Britain went missing. Shadow Home secretary David Davis is calling
Schools signed up to the Telegraph & Argus Cash for Schools giveaway have until tomorrow to increase their chance of winning £10,000. The T&A has teamed up with Yorkshire Building Society and IKEA to offer schools in the district a chance to win a portion
Community filmmakers will kick out against the cultural divide next week in Keighley. They will shoot their new film New Ways, New Life at the town's Tae Kwon-do School of Excellence. The short movie will show how martial arts can bring together different
A call to support the reopening of the Skipton to Colne railway line has been rejected by Glusburn councillors. Pressure group, the Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP), is campaigning for the reopening of the 12-mile stretch of line
A couple from Silsden have won a coveted award for providing extra special service at their bed and breakfast. When inspectors from the English Tourist Board came to assess Pickersgill Manor Farm on Silsden Moor, Lisa and Marcus Preston were delighted
Staff at Skipton Building Society's Keighley branch, on Cavendish Street, have joined hands with the Salvation Army this Christmas to help make the festive period special for those who are less fortunate. Staff are encouraging all customers to visit
Five community centres in Keighley will get a cash boost thanks to a mould-breaking organisation. The Children's University, part of Bradford University, which funds education outside the national curriculum, has raised £5,000 for the as yet unidentified
A multi-million pound government initiative seeking to find the next generation of broadcast journalists is coming to the National Media Museum in Bradford. Mediabox, the £6 million government fund for youth media projects, wants to know what local young
Five "high quality" supermarkets are believed to be vying for a place in Bingley's proposed £8 million shopping centre. Developer 4Urban says it will sign with the best bidder as stores, thought to include Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, battle
Stuart McCall has warned against taking FA Cup giant-killing victims Stockport lightly on Saturday. The odds maybe stacked against County when they travel to Valley Parade less than 48 hours after losing a penalty shoot-out at Ryman Premier League Staines
A man whose home has been flooded three times in just over a year is calling for action to bring an end to his nightmare. Stuart Shaw made the appeal after his home was flooded with four feet of water and he was left with serious damage to his property
