A brand new £800,000 research facility in the centre of Bradford will try to determine once and for all whether mobile phones are a danger to users. Bradford University scientists will use the new centre to measure how much radiation passes in to the
A pensioner was robbed of her handbag as she walked along a street. Police are appealing for witnesses after a man grabbed the woman's bag and ran off in Sutton Avenue, Tyersal, at around 8.30pm on Sunday. The suspect is described as a tall, thin man
City reserves 5, Oldham reserves 0 City reserves' final home game of the season saw former Bantam favourite Lee Duxbury and his side on the wrong end of a drubbing. The hosts included four trialists - Wigan Athletic's Russell Saunders, playing his second
A dad who set his house on fire after trying to hang himself has been locked up indefinitely. Michael Cordingley was branded a public danger by a judge after he set fire to the settee at the family home and lay in bed waiting to die. He pleaded guilty
Compare and contrast my version of events at Stamford Bridge on Saturday with the News of the World’s. “Gracious Rio Ferdinand sent a bouquet of flowers to a Stamford Bridge steward after she found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time on Saturday
A 29-year-old man has gone on trial accused of attacking two brothers with a baseball bat. Patrick Martin, of Thornton Road, Bradford, is said to have caused grievous bodily harm with intent to Stewart Wilkinson when he hit him with the bat during a
Two men, arrested after an anti-terror investigation, have both been sent to prison for producing skunk cannabis. Ifzal Rafiq, 22, of Bradford Street, Keighley, and Mohammed Tahir, 30, of Parson Street, Keighley, were arrested under Section 41 of the
Gary McAllister is facing a dilemma over striker Jermaine Beckford. The Leeds boss must decide whether or not to recall his leading scorer, who has missed the last three games with an ankle injury, for the final match of the season against Gillingham
Pets are being put down and hundreds face a long waiting list to be re-homed as people struggle with the credit crunch. The RSPCA is being inundated with pets needing to be re-homed, as people are unable to get mortgages approved or struggle to cope
Mark Lawn reckons City are "four or five" pieces short of completing their promotion jigsaw for next season. The legion of out-of-contract players in the dressing room will find out tomorrow if they are still in Stuart McCall's future plans. But given
A Bradford doctor has been killed in a jet ski accident in Australia. Dr Sridhar Shekar, a senior house officer in rheumatology working for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, died when the jet ski he was riding collided with a moored
Four Keighley men who were arrested by police and questioned about an alleged robbery have been released on bail. The incident took place at an address in West Bank Close, Keighley, at about 6pm on Wednesday. Three men and a woman who were visiting
Three of the major titles were decided in a key weekend of Bradford Sunday Alliance League action. Buttershaw White Star needed just a point at Queensbury to become Premier Division champions but did the job in style by taking all three with a 4-0 victory
A Liberian national was remanded to police cells for further questioning when he appeared under arrest at Bingley Court today. Jeffrey Aibangbee, 20, faced an offence of possessing a Belgian passport which was false in Ilkley on April 24 and 25. The
Prospect can clinch the DIVISION 2A title tomorrow night with victory at home to Bankfoot Lions after a 4-1 thrashing of long-time leaders Gaping Goose. Lewis Phillips netted for Goose but goals from John Butters (2), Nicky Butters and fellow full back
A 23-year-old man had skunk cannabis worth more than £5,000 in his home when drugs squad officers swooped, a court heard today. Ahkhamad Mahmood, of Springcliffe, Manningham, Bradford, had 244 deals of the drug under the stairs and 35 in the living room
A man who punched a woman in the face, breaking her jaw in two places, has been locked up. Jason Stirk, 41, of Brayshaw Field, Low Moor, Bradford, pleaded guilty to causing Katie Deacon grievous bodily harm. Miss Deacon, 23, was attacked without warning
I’ve got a thing about party/ function DJs who fail in their simple task of just putting on decent interesting music for the assembled throng to girate to. Why do they feel they have to waffle into the microphone, un-intelligibly and inaudibly much of
There’s not much can beat it… a day out on the mountain bikes with a posse of pals on a glorious sunshiny day in the Lake District. The Lakes can often seem a bit dark and dank for my liking, especially down in the valley bottoms, with all that grey slate
Bradford All Stars secretary/coach Arif Khan was a happy man as he savoured winning the Telegraph & Argus League title in the club's debut season. All Stars were only formed four years ago, initially playing friendlies before the youthful side decided
Chris Bates scored four times for Halifax Irish as Keighley Shamrocks were condemned to relegation after just one season in the West Riding County Amateur League top flight. Shamrocks' battle to beat the drop was brought to a conclusion with three games
George Healey and Queensbury are through to the MARK HAWKINS TROPHY semi-finals after the two sides made contrasting progress in the Spen Valley & District League knock-out competition. Matthew Parkinson scored twice as George Healey swamped Ring o'
A Bradford businessman who spent more than a week languishing in an African jail for a crime he did not commit has told the Telegraph & Argus that he feels lucky to be alive. Jacques Lapergue, founder of the Antique Glass Studio in Bierley, was arrested
Young people buying the latest computer games, mobile phones and sports kit, along with food sales helped to keep Britain's high-street shops in business in the first three months of the year. New figures from the Office of National Statistics show that
It was a bitterly cold mid-February morning as we drove along the A6 past the pretty Peak District village of Ashford in the Water looking for the nearby, roadside White Lodge car park a mile or so further along, set among trees that were dusted in
Bradford's part-time soldiers have been called up to join British troops fighting in Afghanistan. Members of the 30-strong Royal Engineers of the Territorial Army, based at Belle Vue Barracks in Manningham Lane, are to be deployed in the warzone next
So far: Erstwhile curmudgeonly columnist Hector Mildew is back on the scene, preparing to audition at The Boilermaker's Arms in the guise of Dirkus Thrust the Rock'n'Roll Roman. Will Wilf the Woolman be impressed enough to take on the superannuated singer
A report this week claiming that thousands of credit card applications are currently being rejected every day as the debt crisis bites will be seen as bad news by a lot of people. However, the banks' new hard line could end up doing those people a favour
Geoff Hutton recalls the origins of a familiar Bradford landmark The mere (boundary) stone, now standing at the bottom of Intake Road, right, was originally situated at the top of Silverhill Road. During the 15th century there was a long-running dispute
During the Second World War, did you find yourself sitting in school alongside evacuees from other parts of the country? Idle-born Mrs Eleanor Higgins did. She recalls her mother and other members of the WVS going along to clean out the now-demolished
How did Cutler Heights get its name? That question has been posed by Elaine Neale, who has been remembering her pre-war childhood in that area. Her memory was triggered by a couple of Past Times items about old gas lamps. "I remember well the old gas
Back in the 19th century right up to the early 20th century there must have been some sort of special influence at work along the stretch of Toller Lane that runs between Ashwell Road and Smith Lane. That small pocket of Bradford produced no fewer than
An inquest into the death of an 80-year-old Skipton woman was opened and adjourned at Bradford Coroner's Court today. Audrey Victoria Musgrave, of Main Street, Skipton, died after a fall last Tuesday.
Documenting the story of her great uncle, an ordinary Yorkshireman who fought and died in the First World War, has been a decade's work for author Susan Laffey. The result of this labour of love, Jack Garbutt: The Bilsdale Bombardier, was recently launched
I almost decided to stay at home today and call in sick. I'd spent half the night fretting and wondering how my family would cope without me, should I perish on my way to or from the office. It was my own fault - I should have known better than to carry
SIR - Thirty-four members of the Mistry family who live in Lidget Green have given £3,250, with the promise of more after they have held their charity night in May, to the school for the blind in Gujarat, India, so that they can build three dormitories
Health and safety' seems to be a catch-all excuse these days when decisions prove unpopular and difficult to explain. Bradford Council's initial statement that it could not fly the City Hall flag at half-mast on Workers Memorial Day because of such fears
SIR - National Doughnut Week (May 10-17) is fast approaching and I would like to appeal to your readers to support this charity event. Everyone deserves a treat from time to time and this fun campaign is a perfect way to treat someone you know to a delicious
SIR - Yet again the idiots of the "politically correct" brigade have managed to put a spanner in the works of what should have been a magnificent St George's Day parade, and in the process managed to bring disappointment to thousands of children and other
SIR - I wish to close my contributions to the mini-debate on the EU issue, by clarifying some points in Ian Parsons's letter (T&A, April 23). 1. An MP is, primarily, a representative of all the people in his constituency. To those MPs of honour - and
SIR - In view of the recent statement by Gerry Suttcliffe MP that Bradford did not get the funding it could have achieved for regeneration, the failure of the Broadway site to be completed by the end of 2007, as originally promised. And now another failure
I have been a committed technophile since the first time I watched Tomorrow's World back in the Seventies. They presented a future world of white shiny walls and electronic control. The new millennium looked like an exciting place to be. I write this
SIR - The article on post offices (T&A, April 14) was based on supposition and not on factual information. Closures are to be announced in May, until then nobody knows what will happen. Many people complain about post office closures, yet pay bills
SIR - On the same day I read that in Scotland, where there are no prescription charges (or they are being phased out), they are going to build one of the finest and biggest hospitals in Europe costing five hundred million pounds on a 26-hectare site -
SIR - Your headline Hospital waiting lists slashed' (T&A, April 23) really made me laugh. On the same day I received a letter from Bradford Teaching Hospitals informing me that my son, who is two years old, was unable to get a referral to the Child Development
The story of Razvana Ali and her baby daughter, Marwha, who both became infected with MRSA, raises serious concerns. The very mention of the so-called superbug will worry those who have loved ones in hospitals or who are patients themselves. Razvana
SIR - It is expected that Mr Brown hopes to find some way of placating his rebel MPs with some adjustment to tax to help the low paid and pensioners who lost out due to the abolition of the 10p rate. I hope he doesn't expect HM Revenue & Customs to deal
"Have you lost your skis?" Sabine Flugel is accustomed to people making that comment as she strides across the moors above her home. With thick, dark hair flying, legs and arms powering forward and backwards, she cuts a striking figure as she wends
SIR - What a lovely sight to see the photograph (T&A, April 23) of all those Scouts outside Saltaire United Reformed Church. At least someone has a mind of their own. There is far more health and safety in Scouts than in Sikhs carrying large swords.
SIR - I write this after reading that the St George's Day celebration, was not allowed to go through certain areas of Bradford. Yet recently, the Sikhs were allowed a procession through Bradford with traffic having to stop to give them the right of way
SIR - It is a year ago since around 2.6 million carers in the UK were given the right, under the Work and Families Act 2006, to request flexible working - designed to help carers stay in work. Unfortunately, a year on, many employees are still unaware
SIR - A Bradford father was jailed for 12 weeks and his wife for eight weeks for allowing their four children to play truant from their regular schools, for the better part of seven months (T&A, April 22). Taken together these children will have missed
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Wibsey: restaurant extension to form dining room and takeaway accommodation, Spicy Cottage, 142 High Street. Wilsden: loft conversion with dormer windows, 10 Moor View Drive,
In 1603, the funeral of Queen Elizabeth I took place at Westminster Abbey. In 1770, James Cook landed at Botany Bay. In 1919, the League of Nations was founded. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of April 28, 1983... Police in Bradford
Council chiefs have been forced into a humiliating U-turn over the flying of the Union flag at half-mast on City Hall. They initially refused to make the mark of respect today to people who have died in industrial accidents. Supporters of the Inter-
Joe Colbeck must sit out the start of next season after his costly red card. The City player of the year was dismissed following a clash with MK Dons defender Dean Lewington. The three-match ban will rule him out of Saturday's trip to Wycombe - but
Steve McNamara hailed the Bulls' win over Wigan as one of their best performances of the season. They moved up to fourth place following the 26-12 success yesterday, built on steely defence and a ruthless opening quarter. Slick Bradford hardly made
The need for more cheap housing for rent has been highlighted by figures showing more Bradford families are living in temporary accommodation, it has been claimed. The Liberal Democrats, who published the figures, accused the Government of letting down
A Police Community Support Officer has lived up to his name by becoming a blood donor for the first time. PCSO Andrew Blood, who patrols Silsden, Steeton and Ilkley, is now trying to encourage the wider community to get involved in giving blood. He
The finishing touches are being added to a refurbishment of Ilkley Station - although the pigeons blamed for making a mess of the platforms have moved on to another public building. Network Rail has had part of the station closed off to passengers in
A group of volunteers are making an outstanding contribution to the community - and that's official! The complementary therapy service at Bradford Cancer Support has been highly commended in The Complementary and Alternative Medicine Awards 2008, a prestigious
