If going into a season with an overseas player can be problematical because of international call-ups and training camps, then so can going into a JCT600 Bradford League campaign without one. But East Bierley are doing very nicely thank you having decided
The season might not be halfway through but experienced Bankfoot opening bowler Greg Colehan reckons the two promoted sides will come from the six clubs who are currently above Morley in the JCT600 Bradford League Division Two table. Colehan, who missed
Police have identified the man who was found dead in a Bradford house on Tuesday. Denis Brook, 62, was found in a house in Undercliffe Street, Pollard Park after paramedics who were called to the property raised the alarm. Police arrested a 40-year-old
The owners of a Bradford restaurant which has continued providing shisha pipes despite the smoking ban have been fined a second time by the courts. Shabbir and Syima Merali, who run Markaz Restaurant and Shisha Lounge in Centenary Square, were
A former Keighley woman and her husband have given a £30 million gift to a Cambridge University college, which has been re-named in their honour. The bequest, to women-only New Hall, is one of the biggest ever given by any individual to a British university
A murder trial jury is expected to begin its deliberations tomorrow after the judge completes his summing up of the evidence in the case. John Kinsella, 25, has denied being involved in the murder of 39-year-old Ross Keenan, who suffered multiple injuries
A Bradford man sobbed as he stood in the dock accused of murdering a colleague at the curry house where they both worked. Mohammed Ahmed, 31, of Elizabeth Street, Little Horton, made his first appearance in court charged with the murder of Syed Ghulan
A woman with a habit of sniffing five cans of lighter fuel a day held a screwdriver to the neck of a taxi driver and tried to rob him of his takings. Mohammed Hafeez Khan picked up Joanna Mahoney in Marlborough Road, Manningham, after she rang for a
An elderly woman had to be treated by the fire service after inhaling smoke when a fire started in her kitchen. Odsal firefighters were called the house in Eden Close, Wyke, at 12.19pm today. A West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman said the woman was
Colin Jackson is pleading for patience as athletics bids to solve its drugs problem. The former 110 metre hurdles world-record holder, who was at St Francis’ School in Bradford this week to promote tomorrow's Tesco Great School Run, said: “
Relieved Simon Finnigan is contemplating re-signing for the Bulls after winning a landmark case that removes him from their overseas quota. The tough-tackling second-row feared being squeezed out when the new home-grown player rule is introduced next
Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today threw his support behind the Telegraph & Argus Save Our Swimming campaign to prevent four swimming pools from closing. Yesterday the T&A reported how Mr Sutcliffe was incensed by consultants’ advice
A small group of protesters demonstrated against the privatisation of a hospital catering service today.. “Keep our NHS Canteen” and “Not for sale” were the messages displayed on placards outside Airedale Hospital during the protest, which was organised
Four friends are celebrating after becoming the fastest all-female team to finish the Snowdonia Charity Triathlon. Twins Anna and Katie Stewart, Hannah Fell and Jo Sutcliffe cycled 40 miles, climbed Snowdon and completed a 2.5-mile canoe ride around
The number of abortions carried out in Bradford has increased at more than twice the rate of the rest of the country. Figures released by the Department of Health show 1,737 abortions were carried out in Bradford last year, compared with 1,649 in 2006
Despite improving their collection success rate for council tax and business rates, Bradford Council chiefs still found themselves short of nearly £12 million in the 12 months ending in March. According to the Department for Communities and Local Govern-ment
The report by Strategic Leisure, a recreation and sports management consultants, with offices in Manchester, assesses the standard of the 18 different facilities across the district. It says existing centres are generally of average quality
Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has branded consultants’ proposals to shut four district swimming pools as “ill-considered, short-sighted and damaging”. He is furious at the advice given to Bradford Council to consider shutting pools in Bingley
A 27-year-old Bradford man is due to appear before Leeds Magistrates tomorrow following his arrest at Leeds-Bradford Airport earlier this month. He has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon.
The Bulls are holding a Beach Party before trying to beach Hull FC on Sunday. It will take place on the concourse at Grattan Stadium, with supporters urged to don their Bermuda shorts – a la Great Britain star Sam Burgess – to tap into the summer spirit
Chairman Ken Bates has pinpointed Leeds United’s two holiday matches against Leicester City next season as key to their promotion prospects. Leeds and the relegated Foxes are the bookies’ favourites to go up and Bates is already licking his lips in
Three outstanding individual performances stood out in the latest round of matches in the Bradford Table Tennis Summer League. In Division One, Unity A met Yeadon B and in an evenly-matched contest it was the performance of Neil Harris which topped
A motorist has made his first appearance in court in connection with an accident involving a woman pedestrian in White Abbey Road, Bradford. Saqib Munir, 22, of Foston Way, Fagley, appeared before Bradford Magistrates today to face a charge
Upper Airedale Junior League’s first-ever meeting with the Bradford Junior League at under-12 level ended in victory. Bradford batted first and amassed 167 for four, with No 3 Murgatroyd hitting eight fours in his smartly crafted 40, while
Jer Lane continued their charge towards promotion to the Halifax League Premier Division with a 69-run win over Thornton. The foundations for victory were laid by a solid batting performance that saw them rack up 241 for nine, Johnny Lister top-scoring
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: construction of enlarged porch with storage area over with solar panels to roof, Newton Lodge, Stockinger Lane. Addingham: demolition of existing conservatory and
Burley face a crunch match against Bilton on Saturday knowing that anything less than victory will leave them facing a tough fight against relegation for the rest of the season. With Nick Brook and Jason Wright regularly among the wickets,
Yorkshire captain Darren Gough says an England recall for star batsman Anthony McGrath is not out of the question. And Gough also believes that the Bradford-born 32-year-old could even make a late bid to play in November’s winner takes all Stanford Twenty20
A man is due to appear before Bradford magistrates this morning charged with dangerous driving. It is in connection with an incident on Monday when a 27-year-old woman was in collision with a vehicle as she walked across White Abbey Road at the junction
ECCLESHILL ANGLING: End pegs dominated the Eccleshill Angling Supplies-sponsored Evening League at No-Go-Bye. With fish again being hard to find, Lee Helliwell led the way with a modest 36lb netted from peg two. With four matches now completed,
A leading children’s charity has recognized Bradford Ice Arena for its work keeping youngsters safe. The arena is one of 50 venues nationwide now running the NSPCC’s Staying Safe Commitment Scheme, which recognises and supports organisations that actively
Brighouse Town will be stepping onto the rungs of the non-league ladder under a man who knows exactly what he is letting himself in for. The manager for Town’s first season in the Northern Counties East League will be Mark Brier, who was chairman of
Farsley assistant manager Neil Parsley feels the club’s capture of Craig Bentham owes a lot to the former Bradford City player’s loan to the club last season. Bentham’s stay at Throstle Nest coincided with a good run of results but when he
An appointment is expected this weekend as Thackley look to replace departed manager John Boyle – but the gap between bosses has affected the pre-season schedule. Secretary and spokesman Chris Frank explained that the Dennyfield club will delay the finalising
David Hockney has inspired a lot of things in his time – a movie called A Bigger Splash, a new way of taking and arranging photographs, as well as a vast amount of flattery and a good deal of niggling from fellow Bradfordians. Most recently a national
As a young teenager I prided myself on being a bit of a Toyah Willcox fan. While her first commercial success, the It’s A Mystery EP, was climbing up the charts, I was hunting out early records like Danced, Ieya and The Blue Meaning. I listened to them
Working in television does have its glamorous moments, although for the most part these are in no way as frequent as people would think. Charity dinners and award ceremonies aside, most working days are spent hunched over a computer editing graphics
SIR – I read with the interest the articles on cycling in Bradford, and very good news it is too. As a regular cyclist, I wish to offer Viv Carnea, the cycling tsar, all of my support. With regard to the Government’s Cycle to Work tax break scheme,
SIR – It has been reported recently that the residents of the Greek island of Lesbos are correctly called Lesbians. This connotation has troubled them and are looking at ways to alleviate this problem. When they do, can we then expect that the residents
SIR – Daniel Wood, of a rump “Liberal” party knocks the party list system under which MEPs are elected without suggesting an alternative (Letters, May 16). He surely can’t favour first-past-the-post under which only a few people who know about the
A Bradford curry house has been nominated to go up against the best in the business in a contest to find Britain’s top South Asian restaurant. The city again has its chance to prove it is the curry capital in the third year of the Tiffin Cup, an annual
A pub is enjoying heady success after being crowned Pub of the Year by Keighley and Craven Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The accolade for Keighley’s Brown Cow is the latest in a string of awards for the Cross Leeds Street hostelry. Since taking the
Sir – Have I discovered the ultimate ‘stealth tax’ – HM Revenue & Customs charge OAPs like my wife tax on money they don’t even get paid? Some time ago, the Government asked pensioners to have their money paid into bank accounts every four weeks instead
SIR – Re your ‘spoof’ piece loosely referring to the wedding of Wayne Rooney and Colleen McLoughlin (T&A, June 13). I am not a fan of the media coverage of the private lives of footballers and other ‘celebs’, but this was particularly distasteful, offensive
Police are appealing for witnesses after a rider and passenger came off a Yamaha motorcycle in Middleton Road, Morley, just before 4am today. The 33-year-old rider was taken to Leeds General Infirmary where he is now in a stable condition and his 29-
Omar Daley played a cameo role as Jamaica strolled through their CONCACAF second-round World Cup qualifier with the Bahamas. Already 7-0 up from the first leg, the Reggae Boyz romped to a 6-0 triumph with a hat-trick from Luton Shelton. Deon
Pairuay Suksuwan swapped the lush, tropical surroundings of a private estate on the coast of Thailand for Shipley – and he has not looked back. A talented chef, Pairuay trained in his native Thailand, working at the swanky Royal Cliff Beach Resort in
The Penny Plain Theatre Company are on the road again for their third summer season. These Victorian travelling players start their tour next weekend with a performance of The Entire History Of The North at Grassington Festival, when 3000 years of northern
Northern Soul devotees from around the region are expected to descend on Bradford this weekend for a music session in the city centre. The ‘mini all-dayer’ at the New Beehive Inn is the second in a regular programme of Northern Soul events launched by
SIR – Once again we are hearing about the ‘idiot brigade’ (health and safety executive). So, we will not be getting Shipley’s historic clock tower doing what it says on the tin, ie the little metal ‘chappie’ up there banging out the hours with his metal
Greta Garbo looks totally at ease gazing out from a black and white portrait photograph, taken at the height of her film career. Only her face is in focus, the light resting beautifully on her sculpted cheekbones. In another photograph Garbo is standing
SIR – What a result on Friday when the Irish said ‘no’ to the EU Lisbon Treaty, 862,415 votes to 752,451! Declan Ganley, of the anti-treaty lobby group Libertas, said: “It is a great day for Irish democracy,” while, unsurprisingly, EU Commission President
SIR – You really could not make it up! No sooner was the Irish result announced than you had the various EU leaders announcing that they will plough on regardless. How is that going to win the hearts and minds of the UK voters? It puts Robert Mugabe’
Holmfirth Picturedrome is fast gaining a reputation as a venue for big-name acts. Over the past year or so, acts such as Terrorvision, Ocean Colour Scene, Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers, Blue Oyster Cult and former Marillion frontman Fish have appeared
Bradford youngsters are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Britain’s Got Talent winner George Sampson at performing arts workshops in the city. PopSkool is based in Warrington but has branches around the country, including one at Dixons Academy in
SIR – I have followed with interest the development of the Bradford FreeCityBus service following the trial of electric trams some 18 months ago. I note the intention to include in the route the university and college, yet a major part of the city’s
There must be some very proud people at Bradford’s Carlton Bolling College. And deservedly so. It’s quite something to fight back, after being put into special measures as a failing school, and be given Ofsted’s top inspection ranking with an “outstanding
When you’re employed to sing love songs at wedding receptions, it probably helps if you’re a romantic at heart. And Robbie Hart, who earns a crust as a professional wedding singer, is just that. He dreams of making it as a rock star, but is
Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today threw his support behind the Telegraph & Argus Save Our Swimming campaign to prevent four swimming pools from closing. Yesterday the T&A reported how Mr Sutcliffe was incensed by consultants’ advice
The Telegraph & Argus today launches a campaign to sink consultants’ proposals to close four of the district’s community swimming pools. There has been widespread alarm and anger at the threat – revealed exclusively in yesterday’s T&
Delighted Steve McNamara hailed “fantastic” news as SIX Bulls won selection for England Academy’s tour of Australia. Young guns Jason Crookes, Kieran Hyde, Keal Carlile, Steve Crossley, Tom Olbison and Elliott Whitehead have all made the squad for next
Stuart McCall believes new defensive capture Paul Arnison can improve the quality of City’s build-up play. McCall beat off competition from Port Vale and Darlington for the right back, who was released by Carlisle at the end of last season. The 30-year-old
