Club captain Richard Naylor is among a host of players who will be leaving Leeds United this summer. Naylor, 34, was manager Simon Grayson’s first signing for the club when the central defender joined from Ipswich but the Leeds-born player
The quarter-final draw for the Heavy Woollen Cup has been drawn tonight and includes one all-Bradford League tie, Hanging Heaton due to host Morley. Hanging Heaton v Morley, Delph & Dobcross v Gomersal, Shepley v Woodlands, Slaithwaite v Yeadon. Ties
There were 11 representatives of the Bradford Bulldogs present at the recent Inter-Conference tournament at the Hull Arena. The Bradford youngsters were all selected to play for the North of England at the event, with local players chosen in all four
A jilted boyfriend who could have killed his former partner when he broke into her home and poisoned her mouthwash with bleach has been jailed for 12 months. Amy Burgess almost drank the highly toxic substance after vengeful Christopher Marsden
Dougie Lampkin’s bid to win the 2011 Scottish Six Days Trial and to achieve a record-breaking sixth victory at the world famous event came to a bitter end. Multi FIM world champion Lampkin made a strong start to the week and enjoyed a share of the lead
Six people were being held for questioning by detectives last night about the fatal stabbing of a man after a house party in Cleckheaton. A 19-year old Cleckheaton woman and a 21-year-old Dewsbury man, who was arrested yesterday, join four others in
Internet users logging on to the world’s biggest search engine site would have had an unexpectedly happy surprise yesterday – a tribute to Cleckheaton-born Mr Men creator Roger Hargreaves. Google’s front-page logo was transformed into a series of randomly-generated
Libraries in the Bradford district will celebrate Adult Learners’ Week by encouraging more people to use the internet. Free events are to be held at every library in the district as part of the country’s largest learning campaign, which runs
Police were investigating an arson attack at a house in Bradford. Officers remained at the terraced property in Curzon Street, Barkerend, yesterday while forensic tests were carried out. No-one was injured in the blaze and the house – believed to be
After a comfortable ten-wicket league win over Upper Wharfedale the previous day, Steeton found it much harder to get past the same opponents in the preliminary round of the Waddilove Cup. It all looked quite comfortable when Ross Suri (
Two more Damien Melvin goals helped West Bowling to a 4-0 win at relegated Oakenshaw as they clinched the BRADFORD SUNDAY ALLIANCE LEAGUE title for the second successive season. Darren Storey netted the only goal of a scrappy first half
Bradford’s Georgina Roberts helped England A to lift the European Trophy. They defeated hosts Spain 5-3 in a tight final at La Coruna, England only taking the lead in the last minute of the game through a try by Lichfield No 8 Sarah Hunter. England
A try from Wharfedale hooker Ben Sowrey was not enough to save England Counties Under-20s from defeat in their inaugural match. They lost 18-15 to Scotland’s Under-20 World Cup side at West Park Leeds. England Counties Under-20s coach Bob Hood said:
After the recent success of the Bradford Dragons men’s team, a women’s team is being encouraged to follow in their footsteps. Thanks to a £10,000 grant from Sport England’s Small Grants Programme, the Dragons are hoping to form a female team
Albion Sports’ gallant pursuit of West Riding County Amateur League leaders Bay Athletic was dealt a potentially lethal blow as the Huddersfield outfit won the battle of the top two 2-0. Bay now hold a five-point lead at the PREMIER DIVISION summit and
You can sign up for the new Bradford summer touch rugby season on Thursday at Bradford Salem RUFC (6.30pm-8.30pm). Touch rugby promotes the fundamental skills of running, handling and support play, while developing the basic principles of attack and
City have cleared the decks after announcing their retained list today. Omar Daley, the club’s longest-serving player, Gareth Evans, Jon Worthington and Shane Duff are among ten players who have been released. Lenny Pidgeley, Chib Chilaka
The charity fundraising match involving the Bradford Bulls All Stars against Leeds Rhinos Legends for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust raised around £12,000. Bradford won the game – held before the Bulls’ Super League clash with Leeds last month – 20-
Pupils took part in a successful ‘Knit and Natter’ club at Wilsden Primary School which has been ‘knitting for bricks’ to help build schools in under-developed African countries. The knitting club has been set up by teaching assistant Rachel Westwood
Plans to restore a popular park have taken a step forward. Funding has been agreed to renew paths through the Memorial Park, in Cleckheaton. Councillor Kath Pinnock (lib Dem, Cleckheaton) said: “Our focus on getting our lovely Memorial Park fully restored
Spen Valley League debutants West Bradford Spartans are celebrating at the double after two title-deciding victories in a week. They first lifted the Sonder Heating Cup as goals by Ross Barraclough and Bobby Canning led to a 2-0 win against BD3 United
A £900,000 deal to acquire a West Yorkshire pharmaceutical testing firm will mean acne cure researchers leaving their Bradford base after five years. In what is seen as pivotal move, the Syntopix Group is set to acquire Wetherby-based Leeds Skin Centre
Leeds Bradford Airport’s commercial chief is flying to Sardinia this week to attend a European airline conference. Tony Hallwood is attending the European Route Development Conference, where he will bang the drum for the Leeds City Region, which includes
Employers have today criticised the basic skills levels of school and college leavers. More than 40 per cent of bosses are unhappy with the ability of youngsters to use basic English, while more than a third are concerned with the basic numeracy skills
Family law specialist Rachel Spencer Robb has joined Bradford-based legal firm Last Cawthra Feather as an associate solicitor. Her appointment follows recent changes in family law to simplify divorce proceedings and highlight the need for mediation at
by David Barnett Content Editor Thanks to the Telegraph & Argus, the people of Bradford have been allowed unprecedented access to public figures – right to the very top. Just last week an audience of readers grilled the Deputy Prime Minister Nick
Residents in Oakenshaw can now confidentially report anti-social and suspicious behaviour at a new Police Community Contact Point. Staffed almost entirely by members of the Oakenshaw Residents’ Association and police volunteers, the contact point, which
A women’s institute has celebrated its 25th anniversary with a party to which its founder and past members were invited. Among those attending the event in Horsforth were Doreen Hardaker, who was a founder member and still attends meetings, founder
Youngsters at a Bradford school have created a road safety banner to warn parents of the dangers of speeding and poor parking. The poster will be displayed outside Cavendish Primary School in Eccleshill, where pupils have taken part in speedwatch patrols
Hundreds of Muslim women from across the country visited the Bradford district at the weekend for a residential conference aimed at helping them find a greater voice in their communities. The two-day Daughters Of Eve event at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent is to visit Bradford Grammar School this week to tour new science classrooms and laboratories. The Queen’s cousin will arrive by helicopter on Thursday before being greeted by 120 first year pupils, who will line the
A church-based winter project giving shelter and food to the city’s homeless is looking at plans to open all year round. Inn Churches has now set up a steering committee to explore the possibility of running permanently. Its co-ordinator Juli Thompson
The Way Back (Cert 12, 127 mins, Entertainment One UK) Starring Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Mark Strong, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Alexandru Potocean, Gustaf Skarsgard, Dragos Bucur, Saoirse Ronan *** A harrowing true story of courage and
Baildon’s £1.25m eco-community centre has been officially opened. The building, designed by architects Eco Arc, is the first carbon neutral community centre in the country. On Saturday, residents and staff gathered at Baildon Community Link to watch
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper Airplane (Decca) *** Alison Krauss’s most recent triumph, her 2007 certified platinum collaboration with Robert Plant, Raising Sands, notched up a total of six Grammy awards. Paper Airplane is no anti-climax four
A biking Baptist minister who takes people to their final resting place in a custom-built motorcycle hearse is using the vehicle to try to set a world record. The Reverend Ray Biddis, known as the ‘Revving Rev’, drives the hearse – a Triumph
Preston & Child – Fever Dream (Orion £7.99) ***** Special Agent Pendergast has finally decided to clear his dead wife’s possessions, but in doing so, he discovers that her death was murder, not an accident. Aided by Lieutenant D’Agosta, he
The Unreliable Life Of Harry The Valet, The Great Victorian Jewel Thief by Duncan Hamilton Century, £14.99 Four major book awards since 2007 for, among other subjects, biographies of Brian Clough and Harold Larwood, have enhanced Menston-based sports
A couple, whose family has owned a Baildon fish and chip shop for half a century, have spoken of their devastation after their business was wrecked by fire. Frank and Carmen Dobson’s Cliffe Fisheries in Baildon Green has been forced to shut after a blaze
Classic thriller The 39 Steps is brought to the stage by theatre group the JayWalkers, which brings theatre to small community spaces. The group was set up following a Skipton Little Theatre production of John Godber’s Teechers in 2008, which led to a
The Thornton Singers are performing a series of spring concerts called The Power Of Music. The first takes place at Westgate Baptist Church, Manningham, on Saturday, May 14, at 7pm. The guest soloist is Howard Naylor, on cornet, and there will also be
Bingley Little Theatre’s 63rd season continues this month with a production of the Arthur Miller classic All My Sons. Set in 1947, the play is about Joe Keller, who has sacrificed everything to build a prosperous life for his family. Aged 61, he has
Dipping my toes in the river near my home during the spell of warm weather made me reflect on how therapeutic water is in so many ways, whether just to cool off or to appreciate in its movement and sound. You can transfer some of those therapeutic qualities
A new project to help unemployed over-50s find work has been started by Age Concern Bradford and District. The charity’s Work Club will give older jobseekers advice and support on finding work. Latest national figures show that a third of those aged
Bring back the spirit of camaraderie at Haworth’s 1940s Weekend, which runs from next Friday to Monday. The GIs and the boys in blue will be in town, with re-enactments, jive dancing, vintage cars and plenty of people in costume. It’s a great day out
Driving through the rather grand stone gateway, I just hoped I was heading in the right direction. Sheep stood guarding their lambs under a canopy of trees as I slowly made my way through the park hoping I wasn’t going to end up on the doorstep
Police in Bradford have urged the public to log details of rogue off-road riders as they step up action against the menace. Officers in the North Bradford Neighbourhood Policing Team are asking residents to take note of anti-social motorbike
Last night my daughter spent an hour posting photos from her birthday party on to Facebook. There they were, for the world to see – the fun laid bare for those who were invited and couldn’t come, and others who weren’t on the guest list to start with
SIR – I am not surprised by your headline ‘Metal thefts turning into an epidemic’, as prices have soared. In today’s society, the eighth commandment is so routinely ignored: “thou shalt not steal”. Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)’s first-ever Twitter chat and helped make it such a success. There were many interesting discussions of the issues surrounding adoption and we hope
SIR – The British Government has been far too complicit in its denial that foreign policy is linked to terrorist attacks. Yet a day after Osama bin Laden dies, we have the Met Police commissioner coming out and saying expect a terrorist attack. Where
SIR – I just had to put pen to paper to tell you how lovely it was to see the children dancing round the May Pole in Otley on Sunday, May 1. It really took me back to my childhood when we dressed our dolls’ prams in colourful ribbons and the boys trimmed
Sixty years ago this month, the Festival of Britain opened in London. The object of the multi-million pound exercise was to give post-war Britain, still a place of rationing and bomb sites, a bit of a boost. For in spite of the brave new world that
Bradford Council has pledged to crack down on rogue take-away outlets who cheat licensing laws. The promise comes after a takeaway owner was fined £5,000 for selling food after 11pm without a late night operating licence. Abdul Rehman
SIR – The Government has launched the Red Tape Challenge seriously attempting to remove the massive regulation of British business during the 13 years of Labour governance of the UK. Labour matched ‘spend, spend, spend’ with ‘regulate, regulate, regulate
The Bulls booked a Challenge Cup date with the reigning Super League champions following their fourth-round triumph against Halifax. Wigan lie in wait a fortnight down the line thanks to an unconvincing 46-34 win in yesterday’s West Yorkshire
She is described as “Britain’s best-loved celebrity psychic” and her clients have included Princess Diana, Katie Price and George Michael. But as far as Sally Morgan is concerned, she’s just an ordinary wife, mother and grandmother who just happens
SIR – Following the article ‘5,500 could lose disabled benefits’ (T&A, May 4) and my letter of April 27, I can again confirm that the Department for Work and Pensions have refused to support a Disability Living Allowance take-up campaign in Bradford,
SIR – I hope I am allowed to reply to the letter by Councillor John Hall (T&A, April 22). I have attended most meetings in Wrose and remember Councillor Hall speaking in many of them, but cannot remember or find minutes of him pointing out that Councillor
SIR – Wilsden residents are incensed to learn that our library service is to close and we are to be fobbed off with a mobile library. I recently spoke with Councillor Paul Flowers (Labour), the Council’s portfolio holder for culture, about the proposed
SIR – I have surely just witnessed yet another example of “elf and safety” gone mad. A litter-picker with appropriate tool, wearing boots, gloves, helmet, high-visibility tabard and a full face protector, was removing rubbish from a daffodil-filled grassed
SIR – I am writing to ask your readers to support Diabetes UK during this year’s Diabetes Week (June 12 – 18 ) by holding a Big Diabetes Week Quiz. Diabetes is a serious condition, and there are now 236,711 people diagnosed with the condition across
SIR – So now it would seem that David Cameron is in hot water for adding a bit of humour to an otherwise ‘stuffed shirt’ Commons. Mr Cameron told a lady of the opposition to “calm down, dear”, thus emulating a well-known TV commercial, and making a brave
SIR – I would like to thank the T&A for the opportunity to ask Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg my question. Carers all over the country would like the answer to this one: why are carers paid such a pitiful amount for the valuable service that they provide
25 years ago: Labour swept to victory in Bradford, taking control of the Council, which had been hung for the past four years. 50 years ago: Mr David Hockney, 23, of Hutton Terrace, Eccleshill, a second-year student at the Royal College of
An Evening of Burlesque, combining Parisian charm with Las Vegas glamour, is coming to Bradford. Direct from London’s West End, the show is described as “tantalising yet tasteful, camp and colourful”. “It’s all tease, no sleaze, as corsets, killer heels
IR – I wish the T&A could show less of a snide attitude about the Royal Wedding, commenting how Bradford did itself proud by joining in street parties, then commenting about the cost of the wedding itself in times of austerity (T&A, April 30). Yes,
Licensing laws are not there purely to bring in revenue, but to protect the public. Which is why it is right that Bradford Council has pledged to crack down on fast food outlets who trade without the appropriate licences. When anyone
Imagine somebody digging and weeding your garden, in return for which you knit someone else a jumper. Or you might service a car and someone else fixes your computer. Everybody involved in this exchange of services in kind have signed up to a Local
Peter Jackson will begin the latest rebuilding process at City today still unsure of what lies ahead for the club and himself. Jackson is expected to announce the retained list after meeting the players whose contracts are up in the summer. Omar Daley
Four people were being quizzed by murder squad detectives last night after a 50-year-old man was stabbed to death following a house party. The victim, named by police as Peter Brocklesby, died in hospital after suffering stab wounds to his
City 1, Crewe Alexandra 5 The player born closest to Valley Parade ensured City’s potential swansong at their home became a humiliating one. Clayton Donaldson grew up in Manningham and dreamed of wearing a claret and amber jersey. His boyhood dreams
Halifax 34, Bulls 46 In the first Shay derby for eight years, Bradford claimed their first win in what seemed like almost as long. Without a victory in five games prior to the Challenge Cup fourth-round tie, the Bulls finally did the business, although
Hundreds of hikers strode out across glorious countryside in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for a cancer charity. Walkers gathered beneath grey skies at Bracken Hall, Baildon, yesterday for the start of this year’s five-mile Shipley Stride, an annual
