Yorkshire clinched their second Friends Life t20 win on the spin tonight by beating Derbyshire at the County Ground by 41 runs. Bradford’s Moin Ashraf played a crucial role in a slick defence of 151 with career best figures of 4-18 as the hosts finished
Michael McIntyre St George’s Hall Former Britain’s Got Talent judge Michael McIntyre put himself up for judgement last night, in a stand-up show testing out new material in front of a Bradford audience before heading off for a big arena tour later
Mark Stewart has left City after agreeing to cancel his contract early. The Scottish striker made 15 appearances for the Bantams but finished last season on loan at Hamilton.
More than 200 children, their parents and teachers held a dual celebration at the Jubilee-themed opening of their school’s new £1million ‘green’ extension. Children waving Union flags greeted the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Dale Smith
A 48-year-old who fell up to 800 feet to his death in the Lake District, was last night described as a “lovely man”. Howard Gladwyn, from Menston, died after falling in Pavey Ark after going walking with friends in Great Langdale, Ambleside. Cumbria
Eric Gilchrist is back for a second spell as Liversedge manager. The former Ossett Albion and Ossett Town boss was manager at Northern Counties East League Premier Division Clayborn from 1997-2000. He admits he left Sedge under a bit
Two more Bradford primary schools are through to the West Yorkshire final of the 2012 Drax Cup – the biggest cricket competition for under-nines in the country. Feversham beat Westminster 251-221 in a play-off following a series of matches involving
Two MPs in the Bradford district have been warned supporting Government plans to introduce local pay could lose them their seats. UNISON believe the parliamentary majorities of Keighley MP Kris Hopkins and Bradford East MP David Ward – who
A car was in collision with a bus shelter in Crossflatts today. Police were at the scene of the crash, which happened near the junction of Keighley Road and Canal Road, at about 4.45pm. The woman driver was taken to hospital for a precautiuonary check
Girls at Wyke Wanderers Junior Football Club will be putting on their boots following a £5,000 Grow the Game Grant from the Football Foundation - the country’s largest sports charity. The grant will allow the club to start under-sevens to under-ten girls
A sister of Shafilea Ahmed gave a friend notes in which she spoke about “how her parents killed the teenager”, a murder trial jury heard. Mevish Ahmed, 21, was giving evidence yesterday in the trial of parents Iftikhar, 52, and Farzana, 49,
The cream is certainly rising to the top in the JCT600 Bradford League’s Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup. Division One leaders Woodlands and second-placed East Bierley are both through to the semi-finals, having defeated the front-running duo in
If it’s nail-biting finishes you want, Thackley is the club for you. Just a week after a breathless tie in the Aire-Wharfe League at Ben Rhydding, Thackley found themselves locked together with Steeton in the second round of the Waddilove Cup
Cain Southernwood returns to the Bulls squad for tomorrow night's final group round of the RL 9s competiton at Odsal. Southernwood missed last week's round at Hull with a dead leg. The event starts at 7pm with the Bulls against Featherstone Rovers,
Harold Perkins – Maverick (Fast Print Publishing, £8.99) When you grow up in a household where your mother sleeps with the coalman to secure an extra bag or two, and you’re sent out shoplifting whenever food stocks dwindle, chances are you don’t put
Ron Creasey Last Of The Horselads, by William Castle, Old Pond, £19.95 Ron Creasey was one of the last farm horsemen to find work at a traditional hiring fair. The year was 1946 and he was just 17. It spelled the beginning of a life working
The mother of a 14-year-old school girl has hit out after her daughter was taken out of lessons for dyeing her hair. Natalie Bussey, of Elmfield Drive, Wibsey, claims Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College overreacted by forcing GCSE student Kirsty
Wildlife enthusiasts have raised fears over the future of Bracken Hall Countryside Centre after its resident curator was made redundant. Members of Bradford Urban Wildlife Group say the recent loss of a full-time member of staff to oversee
Attempts to strangle a teacher, threatening one with a cricket bat and kicking another in her breast were just some of the acts of violence carried out by students on their teachers at Bradford schools, the T&A can exclusively reveal. Many
Butterflies have long been one of the prettiest visitors to the British garden, feeding on buddleia and other nectar-rich plants. But the terrible summers of the last two years and the cold, wet weather in late spring and early summer have contributed
Planners have pulled the plug on a scheme to turn a historic church into Turkish baths and a beauty spa. Sharat Hussain had hoped to start work on the conversion on Mary Magdalene’s Church in Wood Street, Manningham, as soon as he got listed building
Next Friday is Positive Bradford day in the City Park and Centenary Square when we have a chance to celebrate all that is good about our city. There will be stalls, music and entertainment in the heart of Bradford, so go along and celebrate
The pretty market town of Helmsley, standing on the River Rye, oozes medieval and rustic charm, and is just a few miles from the North York Moors. Located at the point where the valleys of Bilsdale and Ryedale leave the moorland and join the flat Vale
The mum of a two-year-old girl who suffers from a rare genetic disorder which only affects around two people in the UK every year say she has defied medics by living past her first birthday. Grace Whiting, of Eccleshill, was born with pyruvate dehydrogenase
In last week’s Remember When? page we looked back on the bombing of Bradford in 1940, which left several buildings gutted. One of them was Lingards department store, at the junction of Kirkgate and Westgate in the city centre. After the bombing, which
Centenary celebrations at a village football club were brought forward so guest of honour, Manchester United and former England under-21 footballer Tom Cleverley, could visit before he was called up for Olympic training. The Bradford-raised rising star
Planners have pulled the plug on a scheme to turn a historic church into Turkish baths and a beauty spa. Sharat Hussain had hoped to start work on the conversion on Mary Magdalene’s Church in Wood Street, Manningham, as soon as he got listed building
A “major cultural shift” is needed to tackle the causes of poor and undignified care of older people in care homes and hospitals, a new report says. It is a major boost to the With Respect campaign by the Telegraph & Argus, aimed at winning
Two MPs are to be involved in discussions to set up a new forum in Aireborough to plan for future developments in the area. Currently, Guiseley, Yeadon and Rawdon do not have local councils and a group trying to protect green space and prevent over development
A senior councillor is calling on groups and organisations along the Wharfe Valley to join forces to try to protect their “rural retreat” in the face of proposals for thousands of new homes. And Ilkley ward Councillor Anne Hawkesworth hopes people in
A Baildon man who started tending common land more than a decade ago while recovering from cancer says he been told to dig up trees and bushes he planted there. Matthew Robinson, 38, of Upper Green, has spent thousands of pounds during the
Leeds face relegated Wolves at Elland Road to start their Championship campaign with a bang. Neil Warnock’s side then hit the road for Blackpool and Peterborough before entertaining another Premier League faller, Blackburn, on September 1. Huddersfield
The Woman In Black (Cert 12, 91 mins, Momentum Pictures Home Entertain-ment). Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Misha Handley, Roger Allam, Shaun Dooley, Mary Stockley, Sophie Stuckey *** London solicitor Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe
Recently I wrote in this column about feeling immature, not a true grown-up. This week I read with interest a survey on this very subject, concluding that most of us don’t feel grown-up until we are at least 26, have a mortgage and can change a lightbulb
SIR – While agreeing largely with the sentiments expressed in Mike Pollard’s letter of June 9 under the heading ‘Republican Future?’, I did not regard the occurrence as a legitimate protest and neither did the people in the vicinity. As far as I am concerned
SIR – Yet another travel firm, Gain Travel Experience of Wibsey, has gone into liquidation with their customers being told they are unlikely to get their money back (T&A, June 9). The Government should not allow any travel agency to operate until they
SIR – Could I please thank all the kind people who assisted us when my husband had a fall in Darley Street on Monday. The gentleman who phoned for the ambulance and the concerned staff from Marks & Spencer really helped my situation. Thankfully the
SIR – I am rather intrigued by the attitude of the public to railway safety in this country. Coun Roger L’Amie in the article (T&A June 5), states that children may have an accident on the railway because of a lost ball or a runaway dog – the latter
SIR – I was interested to read the letter from Mrs Baxter regarding the misleading advert on car insurance, ie “Paying more than £195?” and was aimed at drivers over 50. My situation is virtually identical to Mrs Baxter’s – maximum no-claims, clean licence
SIR – When I hear of Iain Duncan Smith’s plan to get the disabled out of their wheelchairs and into work, I can never completely erase from my consciousness the image of Japanese guards on the Burma railroad pulling seriously-ill Tommies from their beds
City will take the long road to kick off the new season after being handed an opening-day trip to Gillingham. The first home game promises to be a tasty affair with the arrival of ambitious league new boys Fleetwood. City make an early
SIR – I read your article (Parenting with Lisa Salmon, T&A, May 31) with interest. I’ve been retired 17 years and in my job I had been in charge of clinics. We had a school dentist among many other health and child care clinics and facilities in the
SIR – Following the publication of a photograph taken of the Saffron Desi restaurant in the Telegraph & Argus on May 30, I would like to point out that the man walking past the restaurant in the picture – my grandfather, Mohammed Nazir – has no connection
SIR – A couple of reminiscences if I may. The first one is regarding the David Hockney Fish Shop illustration. He certainly did produce one, and in fact one of the framed prints was displayed in a prominent position inside the fish shop for most of the
SIR – One of the ongoing topics in the T&A relates to accidents etc involving uninsured drivers. There may be a solution to this problem. A mate of mine is visiting from Australia.We were talking about things in general when this topic came up and he
SIR – After the story this week about the row over the Haworth 40s Weekend, many must wonder if legislation to restrict or prohibit displays of Nazi symbols and regalia, as exists in Germany and France etc, is long overdue here. Because the reality of
SIR – Although pleased to hear that Labour’s leader Ed Miliband has come out against Scottish Independence in favour of maintaining the full United Kingdom, what is his real interest – this country or just the Labour party? Because do many people realise
SIR – It would appear that the majority of the world’s countries are in a state of economic meltdown and are owing millions, and in some cases trillions, of pounds. This situation seems to have practically sprung up overnight and is unparalleled in history
SIR – I feel that Prime Minister David Cameron has quite clearly chosen the wrong job. Given that so many of his friends, cabinet members, press secretaries and old school chums are currently facing prosecution it’s obvious that he should have opted
SIR – I wonder if anything can be done about a decaying and boarded-up building in Shipley? The Carnegie Library was once a busy seat of learning but now is just an eyesore. I know that Bradford Council is not interested, but surely somewhere there is
The shocking catalogue of attacks on teachers in the classroom revealed in the Telegraph & Argus today shows the real dangers too many are facing on a day-to-day basis. The details of some of these incidents are horrific, including threats with a cricket
Wildlife enthusiasts have raised fears over the future of Bracken Hall Countryside Centre after its resident curator was made redundant. Members of Bradford Urban Wildlife Group say the recent loss of a full-time member of staff to oversee activities
The shortage of midwives is a national problem, exacerbated by Britain’s baby boom. Demands due to varying circumstances, such as women entering motherhood later in life and rising cases of diabetes and obesity, have put greater pressure on maternity
Will the latest comments by Bradford West MP George Galloway, that the city is being “engulfed by a national emergency”, really help Bradford? On the day when a £7.7million initiative was launched to try to get some of our unemployed back into work,
Four local stores are among the latest batch of Clinton Cards shops to be axed by administrators of the stricken greetings card retailer. The branches in the Kirkgate Centre, Bradford, Girlington, Shipley Market Square and Otley Road, Guiseley, will
A major shops and cafe scheme for Skipton town centre has been given the go-ahead. A Government planning inspector overruled Craven District Council and allowed the redevelopment of 9 High Street and land behind the town hall. The inspector, however
A motorist who narrowly avoided crashing his car after swerving to avoid a deer is calling for action before a “horrific” accident happens. Thomas O’Connell is asking for warning signs to be put up alongside the A650 Aire Valley trunk road, at Marley
Thieves have smashed through a garage wall to steal a £400 strimmer from a crime-stricken cricket club. The attack is the latest in a series of attacks on Westwood Park Cricket Club in Buttershaw’s Skylark Avenue. It happened at about
A councillor has voiced concern over the impact plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes could have on jobs in Bradford. Councillor Simon Cooke, deputy leader of the Conservative group on Bradford Council, said he would be urging the
Detectives are appealing for information following a “dangerous” arson attack which put lives at risk. Bags of carpet were set alight outside a flat in Clifford Court, Skipton, early on Wednesday. The fire spread to a wheelie bin outside the porch.
Mark Lawn is confident that City will assemble a squad capable of a serious promotion push next season. Boss Phil Parkinson has secured the services of Andrew Davies and Rory McArdle to bolster his defensive ranks. But midfielder David
A furious Bradford businessman is still waiting for workmen to complete repairs to a gas leak which has severely disrupted his operations – after nearly two months. Amjad Pervez, managing director of Seafresh Wholesale Distributors, said the business
Great Horton-based children’s charity The Joshua Project will feature on Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire show next Monday at 9pm. Millionaire Andrew Feldman, 24, who made his fortune as a poker player, visited the project in April posing as an unemployed
Michael Platt has admitted there could be some sleepless nights in the coming days as the Bulls seek to stave off the threat of administration. The crisis-torn club last week revealed they have been hit by a winding-up order from HM Revenue
Robbie Hunter-Paul was reunited with brother Henry yesterday as a team of Bulls legends took on a Super League legends side at the Rugby Rocks festival in Bingley. The game was held at Bradford & Bingley RUFC and it was the Super League legends
Firefighters from Bingley Fire Station rescued a dog stranded on a small island in the River Wharfe yesterday. The specialist water rescue team were called out at 11.30am after the dog's owner called them out. The dog had broken loose
