Bradford-born Scott Waites crashed out of the BDO World Championships to Ted Hankey tonight. Hankey staked his claim for a third world title by fighting back from 2-1 and 3-2 down to beat the second seed 4-3 in a gripping 74-minute encounter
Leeds United have completed the signing of USA international Robbie Rogers, subject to securing a work permit. The 24-year-old winger, who became a free agent in December after spending the last four years at Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew, is
Lizzie Armitstead believes her outspoken criticism of British team-mate Nicole Cooke will prove beneficial to the team in the long run. The 22-year-old Olympic hopeful insists there will be no ill feeling as the fight to lead the country’s road race
Bradford people are being asked to help identify a man who was killed when he was hit by a train. The man was struck at Sowerby Bridge railway station at 5.34pm last Thursday. His death is not suspicious. He is described as white, about 5ft 10ins tall
A primary school in Bradford has been praised in a report following an inspection by schools watchdog Ofsted. Lister Primary School in Scotchman Road, Manningham, was judged to be ‘good’ with some ‘outstanding’ features. Inspectors praised pupils’ behaviour
A string of fine saves by goalkeeper Kirsty Matthews helped Bingley Bees Firsts women earn a 1-1 draw at Halifax Firsts. The first ten minutes of the Yorkshire Premier Division game saw relegation-threatened Bingley on top against their mid-table opponents
Two developers are seeking outline planning permission to build 54 homes in Sutton. Jonathan Arblaster, representing Barratt and David Wilson Homes, has submitted a plan to Craven District Council to build the houses on land off Holme Lane. The outline
Right on Cue Damian Wilks had mixed fortunes in the opening ENGLISH UNDER-21S TOUR event of the season at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre. The Bradford potter lost 3-0 to Chris Wakelin and 2-1 to Lewis Frampton in his group. But he logged
Plans to convert a recently- closed chapel in Lothersdale into two homes have been recommended for refusal. The Airedale Methodist Circuit wants planning permission for the conversion of Bethel Chapel before selling the site. But on Monday, Craven District
Work on a long-awaited pedestrian crossing will begin this month. The zebra crossing, which will be installed near Waitrose, on Westgate, in Otley, is intended to improve road safety for residents. Councillor Graham Kirkland (Lib Dem, Otley & Yeadon
The West Riding are one of five county football associations to become involved in a pilot FA Futsal Fives League in a bid to increase participation numbers. Eight male open-age teams are needed for the league, which will start at Odsal's Richard
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington is adamant the Richard Dunn Sports Centre has a vital role to play in unearthing the next crop of world-class British international talent. Adlington is lending her support to British Swimming’s Big Splash campaign
Saracens’ playmaker Charlie Hodgson has been recalled to England’s elite as they prepare for the RBS Six Nations. Interim coach Stuart Lancaster’s senior squad was announced at West Park Leeds today, and the 31-year-old former Bradford Grammar
Graham Reid is standing down as chairman of the JCT600 Bradford League. He revealed his decision during this month's meeting of the management board at Cleckheaton, and brought to an end 15 years at the helm. League president Keith Moss, who has agreed
The Book Of Books: The Radical Impact Of The King James Bible 1611-2011, by Melvyn Bragg, Hodder & Stoughton, £8.99 Melvyn Bragg may not be orthodoxly religious, but I suspect his book about the King James Bible was the one he always wanted to
Colombiana (Cert 15, 103 mins, Entertainment In Video). Starring Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Callum Blue, Cliff Curtis, Beto Benites, Amandla Stenberg *** In 1992 Colombia, ten-year-old Cataleya (Stenberg) witnesses
What a wonderful sight it must have been to see a flock of black-faced sheep on the platform at Oxenhope railway station. Sadly, there is no chance of that happening in the 21st century, but in 1935 the event was captured on camera, the photograph appearing
Old classics and new blockbusters are being shown in Haworth on the “biggish screen”. West Lane Baptist Church is transformed into a cinema several times a month for movie screenings. The new Haworth Film Society has gained permission to show a variety
Health chiefs in the Bradford district has been given an extra £1.5 million to be spent on social care to enable people to leave hospital earlier and receive better care at home. The money is from a £150m investment announced by the coalition
A horse which is believed to have been stranded in deep mud overnight was rescued by firefighters. A rescue was launched yesterday to save the 13-hand high horse had slipped into a drainage dyke at the side of a field in Cross Lane, Westgate
A driver who collapsed at the wheel of his car – mounting a pavement and narrowly missing a wall – died from heart failure, a Bradford inquest heard. Security officer Anton Roberts, 39, of Lund Street in the Crossley Hall area of the city, was seen by
A bereaved husband is hoping a bucket collection at Valley Parade will help him reach a £3,200 fundraising target for Bradford’s Marie Curie Hospice. Robert Blamires, 32, of Eccleshill, will be joined by about 25 family and friends to persuade
The New Year period is traditionally the busiest time for married couples setting the wheels in motion to separate. Under a new Government ruling which came into force last April, couples seeking divorce must show they have tried mediation before going
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Grattan’s new £36 million Bradford warehouse projectwas started when managing director David Jones blasted the last obstacle out of the way at the Listerhills site. 50 years ago: Bradford and District Chamber of Trade was
A champion cyclist sparked Olympic fever by visiting her old primary school. Lizzie Armitstead may be only 23, but she has established herself as a world champion track and road racing cyclist, and is one of the UK's brightest medal hopes for
Bradford experts who developed a new cancer treatment likened to a ‘smart bomb’ have won £300,000 in funding to continue their research. Professor Laurence Patterson and his team at the University of Bradford's Institute for Cancer Therapeutics
It is only right that Bradford Council seeks the views of residents regarding Neighbourhood Development Plans, which can see contentious plans for new homes on green spaces, as with the recent consultation in Holme Wood and Tong. It does seem curious
SIR – John Ibbotson (Letters, January 6) asks if one is over 75 with a TV, is it an offence if one does not have a TV licence, free or otherwise? The simple answer is yes, because it is a legal requirement. All his queries will be answered by contacting
SIR – The next four months are without doubt the most important in the NHS’s 63-year history. The perilous reforms should be dropped because the changes will exacerbate inequalities in the health of the nation. The Coalition is pressing ahead with
SIR – It is confounding that the loss of power should cause the scales to fall from the eyes of a political party, The Conservatives on Bradford Council have come forward with some Budget proposals which make a lot of sense, but they are negated by their
SIR – Nick Clegg has correctly pointed out that in 2012 the United Kingdom will face some serious challenges. He is right. One of the greatest is the Chris Huhne energy policy which even the Tory front bench is beginning to realise is suicidal. Vote
A bridegroom struck down by a brain haemorrhage in Greece has spoken publicly for the first time about the dream wedding he thought he would never see. John Duffey, of Keighley, and his Russian bride Elena Sidorova had planned to marry on December
A “born-again preacher” remained emotionless as a jury found him guilty of a catalogue of rapes, beatings and sexual assaults against six victims over three decades. Brian Jackson sat impassively in the dock at Bradford Crown Court yesterday
A man and a woman were taken to hospital following a three-car accident in Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. The incident involved a Honda Civic, a Honda CRV and a Renault Clio and happened near the junction of Bayton Lane at about 4.30pm.
SIR – For several weeks now the Telegraph & Argus has been analysing draft plans put forward by our local authorities to meet future housing needs. Each report bears the logo of your ‘Save Our Green Spaces’ campaign and includes quotes from a variety
SIR – In view of recent, negative, publication in the press and through other media regarding care received nationally in NHS hospitals, my brothers, sisters and I would like to buck the trend and express our sincere appreciation to staff on Bradford
A trio of pupils have begun a new era at an independent school after becoming the first boys through its doors after an absence of more than 20 years. Since 1990, Moorfield School for Girls, in Ilkley, had been a single-sex school. But
Nearly a third of licensed premises in the Bradford district served an under-age drinker during a police crackdown. Officers carried out test purchases, with 14-year-old youngsters, at 32 licensed premises, mostly pubs, throughout Bradford,
Bulls stand-off Ben Jeffries reckons the arrival of Luke Gale can help him to raise his own game this coming season. Jeffries and Gale were handed the number six and seven jerseys respectively when the squad numbers for 2012 were announced. That would
The parents of tragic Bradford teenager Adam Dixon have paid tribute to their “wonderful” son. Adam, 18, of Shelf, was found dead at his halls of residence in Leeds at the weekend. Toxicology tests are taking place to establish the cause of
A Bradford inquest heard a baby who died the day after a visit to the family GP had a heart three times too big for his age. Yesterday’s inquest was told a doctor and an advanced medical practitioner at Heaton Medical Practice examined 14-week-old
A Boxing Day report declared that Leeds-Bradford Airport had enjoyed another great year in 2011, and the figures clearly show considerable growth. Passenger numbers have passed three million, with a 13 per cent increase on the previous year, and the
Public consultation has begun on budget proposals which will see 600 jobs lost at Bradford Council amid £31 million of cuts. The initial financial plan for 2012/13 has been published on the Council’s website, and there is an opportunity for people, businesses
Plans to reopen a controversial quarry and use it as a dumping ground for millions of tonnes of waste could jeopardise breeding peregrine falcons at the site, a planning inquiry has heard. Two existing nesting sites for peregrines and ravens
A 45-year-old man who raped a young woman as she slept and then texted her to apologise has been jailed for three years and seven months. Judge John Potter warned: “There is no such thing as a non-serious rape” when he locked up David Stockdale
Unions have not ruled out industrial action after the Government announced controversial plans to introduce regional pay for Bradford's nurses, teachers and prison officers. The Government announced in November that it planned to end national pay deals
A charity project which has saved lives by providing support to refugees and asylum seekers across the Bradford district is at risk of closure after its funding was ended. Shipley-based Stepping Stone, which has seen a ten per cent rise in
Airline Flybe, which operates flights from Leeds-Bradford International Airport has issued a profits warning. Europe’s biggest regional flier said revenues in the final three months of 2011 would be lower than it had hoped, fuelling fears in the City
Rob Kozluk is ready to fill the gap left by Simon Ramsden’s latest injury heartache. The former Sheffield United right back has signed until the end of the season and gets City out of a defensive hole. Medical checks confirmed that Ramsden
Campaigners fighting plans to build up to 2,700 homes – the majority in the green belt – have accused Bradford Council of going against the wishes of residents after it was revealed two thirds of respondents to a consultation favoured proposals for a
Craven, Aire & Wharfe League under-12 Division C leaders Horton Foxes were made to work hard by ten-man My BD5 United for their 6-2 home win. Ring-rusty passing following the lengthy Christmas break, coupled with a strong desire to win the
A teacher who sexually molested three young boys playing in dens on a Bradford estate has been jailed for 16 months and will be removed out of the country. Pakistani Mohammed Fahim, tried to tempt the boys, aged eight, nine and ten, with bananas and
This year has started on a high note for two Bradford firms on the back on further expansion plans and clinching significant orders. Industrial gaskets specialist Klinger UK, which has invested £5 million in its operations at the Euroway industrial estate
