Police are appealing for help after a weekend of violence and anti-social behaviour in Otley. The most serious incident saw two visitors to the town, along with a passerby who came to their aid, assaulted by a group just after 1am on Sunday after leaving
The organisers of a controversial car "cruise" have been buoyed by the success of the inaugural event. The Great Yorkshire Cruise, organised by West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership, attracted dozens of so-called boy racers from Bradford among
The following planning applications have been lodged with Calderdale Council: Brighouse: powder coated aluminium sign tray with laser cut logo and text with backlit perspex infill (Advertisement Consent), 4-6 Bethel Street. Brighouse: residential development
Doncaster 24, Wharfedale 17 Wharfedale battled manfully in tonight's Corries Solicitors Yorkshire Cup final at a sodden Claro Road, Harrogate. They led Doncaster 17-0 but ultimately succumbed to the south Yorkshire side's forward power, three of their
Leicester City Reserves 3, Bradford City Reserves 2 City's Reserves, who only fielded one professional - goalkeeper Ben Saynor, who was playing his last game for the Bantams - battled valiantly at the Walkers Stadium tonight in their final Pontin's
An eccentric bachelor who terrified a heavily pregnant mother-of-three by repeatedly banging on a wall late at night has been warned he could face jail. On one occasion Rehana Kausar feared Anthony Walsh, 58, would smash his way through the wall that
Teenager Amy Kershaw has taken to the road after passing her motorcycle test on her 17th birthday - the first day she was legally allowed to ride on the road with such a machine. Amy, a pupil at Benton Park School in Rawdon, took her A2 motorcycle test
The green shoots of a Michael Vaughan recovery lit up an otherwise dismal day at Headingley as the weather washed out two sessions of play to frustrate Yorkshire and prevent new boy Morne Morkel from making his long-awaited debut today. Vaughan has endured
Retiring skipper David Wetherall, left, took part in the revived City golf day at Hollins Hall today. He joined a host of players, including Paul Heckingbottom, Kyle Nix and Lee Bullock, while former favourites such as Terry Dolan and John Hendrie joined
Of all the players at Leeds United, promotion would probably mean most to full back Frazer Richardson, who at just 25 is the club's longest serving player. It's a measure of the turmoil at the club over the past few years that Richardson, who has only
Bulls players Shontayne Hape and Tame Tupou have both been overlooked by new Kiwi boss Stephen Kearney for the Test match against Australia on May 9. That means the duo will be free for the Carnegie Challenge Cup tie with Catalans Dragons.
Skipper Richard Johnson, Vinny Finnigan and Jon Horton were the try-scorers for the Bulls Reserve Grade in their 16-16 draw with Wigan last weekend. Bradford - with Tame Tupou starting at second row - led 16-4 at the break against a side containing Super
Derby days come second nature to Wayne Godwin but it's not stopping him getting excited by Millennium Magic. The Bulls hooker is a rare breed in that he has featured in every big local face-off in Super League. Godwin starred with Wigan against arch-rivals
Shipley Providence laid down a marker in the Dales Council League's A Division with a 181-run demolition of New Farnley. Junaid Ahmed's 88 helped Providence to an impressive 247 for five before New Farnley were dismissed for just 66. Newly-promoted
Comeback king Paul Blakeley is at it again. The Birstall all-rounder has had a tremendous career in league cricket and he has been determined to take a step back on several occasions but, despite this, he was once again in the thick of it for the Leeds
Billy Foster believes his former employer Darren Clarke can get back to his best after his long-awaited victory on the European Tour. The Bingley caddy, now working for Sergio Garcia, was delighted that his good friend won his first major title in
Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly cyclist was in collision with a car in Beacon Road, Buttershaw, at 12.15pm yesterday. The man, who was in his 70s, was treated in hospital for a leg injury. Police are appealing for the driver of the
Baildon's Tom Usher is hoping his fourth place finish in the Hawksworth Trophy can lay the platorm for a first ever win on the Yorkshire PGA Order of Merit circuit. The one handicapper was the top Bradford-based performer in the event won on a play-off
Horsforth member Andy Payne scored a hole-in-one on the ninth hole in the club's Davies/Atkinson Trophy.
Bulls coach Steve McNamara, plus Bradford and Leeds players Sam and Luke Burgess, will be among the stars taking part in Birkenshaw Rugby League Club's golf day to raise funds for their new junior section. The occasion on Monday, June 9 at Cleckheaton
The first big names attending this year's Ilkley Literature Festival have been announced, as Bradford's own book event looks to have reached The End. Among those attending the 35th literature festival in Ilkley this October include Commonwealth Writers
HM Customs have raided two homes in Bradford in dawn swoops, arresting two men on suspicion of being involved in organised crime and VAT fraud. The raids were part of a series of planned raids on domestic and commercial premises across the country.
A judge has stopped the trial of a 29-year-old man accused of attacking two brothers with a baseball bat outside a Bradford takeaway. Judge Peter Benson today directed the jury hearing the case against Patrick Martin to find him not guilty on charges
A 20-year-old man has been told he will be locked up after he admitted robbing a student. Ben Bentley, who is a student in Leeds, was robbed of his mobile phone, keys and wallet after he got out of his car in the Halifax Road area of Bradford in October
A 16-year-old youth has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in the Cark Road area of Keighley. Police received reports of a large gang of youths "running around with big sticks" near Devonshire Park at around 7.15pm on Tuesday. The boy
Right on Cue Bradford No 1 secured the Division One title in the Yorkshire Inter-District League when Sheffield No 1 failed to win their game in hand at Castleford. Sheffield were hammed 5-1 and the surprise result ensures Bradford regain the trophy
Soon after Tai and Andrea Jolaoso moved into their home in Nab Wood a pair of mallards landed on the pond in the garden and stayed a while. That was six years ago and the couple didn't see them again until a few months ago, when they returned to make
Graham Payne credits Sunwin Garage chief Peter Marks for spotting his gift for the gab and launching him on a career in car sales. He recalls being interviewed by Mr Marks when he applied to be trainee manager of the petrol forecourt at the Sunwin Garage
Andrew Benjamin scored an extra-time winner for Fields Sports & Social in the Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup final - part of a magnificent three days for the club. The Fields youngsters kicked off the run of success by clinching the Northern
Queensbury booked their place in next week's Spen Valley League Mark Hawkins Trophy final with a 2-1 victory over Black Horse. An own goal in the 78th minute gave Horse the lead but Daniel Scrimshaw quickly equalised and a penalty awarded to Queensbury
McCall and Hendrie will be reunited in a City team on Monday at Valley Parade. However, this won't be manager Stuart and Bantams legend John but their sons Craig and Jordan, who are playing for City in an under-11 and under-12 representative match against
Axed goalkeeper Ben Saynor will play his final game in a City shirt tonight as the reserves end their season at Leicester. Saynor is the only one of the 13 players released yesterday to be in second-string action. Former Coventry defender Callum Burgess
With birds nesting, now is the time to stop putting out whole peanuts and pieces of bread unless they are in a feeder. Chunky foods like these can choke nestlings but adults can just take bites out of them if they are in a feeder.
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The large number of wind turbines in Spain was a highlight on a recent rail trip through that country to Morocco, but it was the landscape between Tangiers and Casablanca that really caught my attention - mile after mile of plantations of coppiced trees
Westminster Primary pupils have received praise from Captain Planet this week. Children at the Westminster Road school hope to transform it into an institution dedicated to all things green - and ease their impact on the planet. School spokesman Lorraine
SIR - The passing of the multi-talented Humphrey Lyttleton, left, is a great loss to fans of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, as well as jazz buffs. To listen to him trying to make some sense out of the Mornington Crescent' round or deal with correspondence
SIR - Have Bradford's MPs and civic leaders taken Hazel Blears to task about her comments in her Fabian Society lecture in which she said the establishment of Saltaire owed more to the aggrandisement of Sir Titus Salt than it did to real concern for its
SIR - Some of your correspondents asked what planet I was living on following my suggestion that crime rates have been falling year on year for sometime now. Well, the latest figures from the police and the British Crime Survey show that in the last
Dwarfed by mountains of clothes, Guiseppe Randisi is giving me a tour of the warehouse at the textile company he runs with his wife Gillian. Clothes are everywhere - jeans, jumpers, tops, skirts. And that's not all - there are handbags, shoes, rugs,
SIR - The general magnanimity of the Mistry family from Lidget Green, pointed out by D Rhodes (T&A, April 28) for a community harmony award in 2009, proves once again the old adage that actions speak louder than words'. Iain Morris, Caroline Street,
SIR - The night-time closure of Undercliffe Cemetery and the sad case of Graham and Maxine Firth whose 18-year-old son is buried there (T&A, April 25) makes one wonder as to why, in the 21st century, civilised countries persist in the archaic practice
SIR - The latest "Rich List" contains many clever businessmen. No-one should knock them for what they have achieved, especially in providing employment for so many. However, what the list does not show is the vast difference between such people and the
SIR - Back off the bacon if you want to save your own and save animals! That's the message to your readers from Viva! - Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian organisation - after yet another attempt to prop up the British pig industry (National Save
SIR - Bradford has got talent! Congratulations to Dixons Academy on their superb performance at their gala concert on April 22. The dedication of the staff was evident in the excellent production from all the pupils in the show. The medley from "Les
SIR - I write to ask for help from businesses, shoppers and motorists in the area. Throughout Britain, independent shops are vanishing from our high streets and market towns. Our small town still has a thriving high street and a relaxed social way of
SIR - Well, Monday's front page (T&A, April 28) says it all. I have never read anything as ridiculous as this before in today's climate of you can't do this or that because it's too dangerous!'' Outrageous, diabolical - some of the terms used by the
SIR - It is not the first time Bradford Council chiefs have had to apologise about flag-flying after a powow'. In fact, it is just two years since. Remember the decision during the World Cup not allowing England flags to be waved from taxis because it
In 1808, the first practical typewriter was made in Italy. In 1901, ping pong was launched. In 1997, Big Ben stopped for 54 minutes. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of April 30, 1983 Shipley people are being urged to join an 11th
A woman battered her senile grandmother to death with a spade, then claimed voices in her head had told her to do it, a court heard yesterday. Leeds Crown Court was told that Joanne Hussey was motivated by money when she murdered 77-year-old Annie Garbutt
Stuart McCall admitted that swinging the axe through the City squad was his toughest job as a manager. Eddie Johnson headed a hit-list of 13 players released by McCall during a three-hour culling session at Valley Parade yesterday. Darren Williams,
Hooray for Horrorwood! Bradford is to play host to some of the creepiest, freakiest and scariest movies ever in the seventh annual Fantastic Film Festival this June. The fright-fest will take place between Friday, June 13, and Sunday, June 15, at the
Listed buildings in Bradford are under threat because of a lack of workers with the skills to restore them, according to research. The study by the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) showed that demand for maintenance work has rocketed in the past
Mum-of-eight Tracy Pounder got so fed up with unruly youngsters wrecking the estate where she lived that she enlisted the help of other mothers to open up a shop as a drop-in centre. This week Mrs Pounder, 42, and her mums' army opened the doors of 68
Before Sheila Dennison lost her battle against breast cancer she made her daughter promise to continue taking part in the Race for Life. It was a wish 23-year-old Cara was more than happy to honour and on Sunday, June 1, she will be pulling on her trainers
Keighley's mayor has attended a ceremony to mark the start of a £65 million project to build homes on the site of a former mill. Construction work started yesterday on the long-awaited Grove Mills development - hailed as the most ambitious redevelopment
Environmentally-friendly projects at a primary school have been awarded Silver Status in a Government awards scheme aimed at reducing carbon footprints. Pupils at Burley Oaks Primary school in Wharfedale have been recycling glass, plastic, cardboard
Stroke survivors are to get together to exchange ideas and information with some of the leading figures in the field of stroke research in Yorkshire. Professor Anne Forster, professor of stroke rehabilitation and the clinical lead of the Yorkshire Stroke
Optician Mandip Rehal is planning a trip to Africa to restore the sight of hundreds of people who do not have access to basic eye care. The senior optician at Specsavers in Idle is making the trip to Ghana for the Ashanti Development organisation to
Irresponsible dog owners are messing up the streets of a quaint village by refusing to clear up after their pets, it is claimed. A spokesmaon for Burley Parish Council said there had been a noticeable increase in dog fouling throughout the village in
