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  • Wins for Albion Sports and Eccleshill

    It was a Bradford one two tonight as Albion Sports and Eccleshiil United banked six points between them in Baris Northern Counties East Division One. Albion hosted struggling Selby Town and a 3-0 win saw them climb back up to third. Charlie

  • No panic as Yorkshire mull over foreign signings

    Yorkshire will not rush into deciding on their overseas plans for 2013. South Africa batsman David Miller is a likely Twenty20 signing after last summer’s success, while Mitchell Starc would also be welcomed back with open arms if available

  • Britain's cyclo-cross elite facing true test at Peel Park

    Having won the race to host the start of the 2014 Tour de France, Yorkshire celebrates another notable cycling landmark this weekend. The National Cyclo-Cross Championships returns to Bradford’s Peel Park, with action on both Saturday and

  • Bradford snooker teams hoping to maintain leadership

    Bradford sides are back in action on Sunday in the Yorkshire Inter-District League. Division One leaders Bradford No 1 take on defending champions Sheffield No 3 at Undercliffe Cricket Club, while Bradford No 2, who top Division Three

  • Swithenbank is hero as Hermits pinch cup tie

    There was a highly unlikely ending to the Theobould Trophy tie between Hermits F from Division Four and Division Three opponents Unity E. Hermits began with a 78-point start but the Unity trio of Alan Moulden, Bill Sugden and Hughie Chambers

  • Drivers to suffer more M62 closures

    Drivers are being warned that week-night and weekend overnight closures will take place on the M62 near Bradford as part of upgrading work. Resurfacing works between junction 25 at Brighouse and junction 26 at Chain Bar will also continue from

  • Plunkett to attend Lehmann Academy in Australia

    Yorkshire new signing Liam Plunkett is heading to Adelaide for two months of warm-weather training at the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy in Adelaide. Plunkett, who joined Yorkshire in the close season from Durham and has only played three LV= County

  • Jacob is named in GB Development Team taekwondo squad

    Quest Taekwondo member Jacob Barnett has been called into the GB Junior Development Team. The 16-year-old from Baildon, who attends sixth form at Sir Titus Salt School, started in the sport when he was six. He has competed in various competitions

  • Bradford Council leader Dave Green to meet Civic Society

    The leader of Bradford Council will be answering questions at the next meeting of Bradford Civic Society on Tuesday at the Midland Hotel. Councillor Dave Green said he would be talking about what has happened in the 12 months since he last addressed

  • Arshad is captain fantastic for BD3 United

    BD3 United captain Toseef Arshad played a starring role to guide his side into the West Riding County FA Challenge Trophy quarter-finals. It is the first time the Bradford club have reached this stage of the competition, although they had to come

  • Bingley music festival gets cash boost

    One of the area’s most prestigious arts festivals has received a funding boost from Yorkshire Building Society. The Bingley Robertshaw Festival of Music, Speech and Drama has received £250 from the Bingley branch of the building society to help

  • Union hits out over ambulance shake-up plan

    The planned shake-up of the district’s ambulance service is all about cost-cutting and will jeopardise patient care, union Unite warned. A key proposal unveiled to staff on Monday by Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the introduction of

  • Probe into Guiseley vandalism

    Police are investigating after posters and boards outside a Guiseley business were attacked by vandals. The incident happened outside Cellar V restaurant and bar, on Otley Road, when four posters were destroyed and the boards they were attached

  • Ilkley charity event volunteers sought

    More pedal power is being sought for a charity fundraising 24-hour exercise bike ‘spinathon’ in Ilkley in aid of Children With Cancer UK. Fitness instructor and personal trainer Sarah Mayrick and her husband Alex hope to enlist more cyclists for

  • Work takes place on Wharfedale line

    Buses will again replace trains between Guiseley and Leeds this Sunday as engineering work takes place on the Wharfedale Line. Trains will run between Ilkley and Guiseley, and between Ilkley and Bradford Forster Square, but buses will replace trains

  • Bingley Bees men back in third after double victories

    Bingley Bees started the new year with two home fixtures over one weekend in Yorkshire Men's Division Six North. They defeated Boston Spa Thirds 2-0 and followed that up with another success at Bradford Grammar School, beating Huddersfield

  • Lizards soon blow off the Christmas cobwebs

    It did not take Alex Gibson long to blow away the Christmas cobwebs for Bradford Park Avenue Lizards under-12s. He scored after 60 seconds in their 9-2 Keybury Junior League victory at Scholemoor Lions. Haseeb Alam added a second 14 minutes

  • Junior soccer results

    Craven, Aire & Wharfe League – Under-10 A: BD3 8, Skipton LMS 1; Bingley Barca 10, Sandy Lane 2; Menston Rgrs 2, Oakworth Hornets 2; Salts Lions 4, Campion Lions 3. B: Fairbank 6, Wilsden 0; Nab Wood 1, Salts Panthers 0; Salts Tigers 3, Menston

  • Fears mount over future of camera chain Jessops

    Fears were today mounting over the future of camera chain Jessops, which has a Bradford branch. The retailer is understood to be on the brink of administration. The Leicester-based company, which operates more than 200 stores, is expected to

  • Gray returns to Bradford City

    Andy Gray is coming back to Bradford City after nine years away. The well-travelled striker, 35, has agreed an 18-month deal subject to Football League clearance once the cancellation of his present Leeds contract has been confirmed. Gray scored

  • Plea for witnesses after cars collide

    Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man was seriously injured in a two-car crash at Denholme. The collision, between a blue Daihatsu Terios and a black Vauxhall Astra, happened at 7.45pm on Monday, near the junction of Hill Crest

  • Engineering work to take place on railway

    Engineering work will take place at varying locations on the Leeds to Carlisle and Leeds to Morecambe routes on most Sundays up to Easter. Douglas Hodgins, chairman of the Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company and vice-chairman of the Friends

  • Police warning for horse owners

    Horse owners in the Bradford district are being warned to be on their guard after police received reports of a suspicious vehicle near farms. The police’s HorseWatch scheme issued an alert yesterday afternoon after a grey Mitsubishi Shogun was

  • Colleagues say goodbye to Bradford hospitals Chaplain

    The Rev Chris Johnson has retired as chaplaincy manager at Bradford Teaching Hospitals after 12 years. Mr Johnson, who took up his post as a Christian chaplain in November 2000 after a spell with Leeds Teaching Hospitals, has worked hard to administer

  • Cononley lambs bleat the seasonal rush

    A trio of Charollais lambs have been born at a farm, three months ahead of the normal lambing season. The lambs arrived at Intake Head farm in Cononley, between Keighley and Skipton, last month. They were born to a ewe, purchased by 17-year-old

  • New jobs could be created by Saltaire firm's American deal

    New jobs are on the horizon at a Saltaire company which has clinched a major sales deal with IT giant IBM in the United States which is set to boost its turnover by up to £4 million a year. The deal could see up to half a dozen jobs created at

  • Bradford Council criticised over Saltaire turbine scheme

    Bradford Council has been criticised for spending almost £27,000 on the first stages of a green energy scheme in Saltaire that is not guaranteed to go ahead. Last year the Council commissioned a feasibility study into installing a water turbine

  • 150 momentous years of Yorkshire County Cricket Club

    Jim Greenhalf looks back at the history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the year of its 150th anniversary Yorkshire County Cricket Club was founded 150 years ago and, according to the White Rose club’s view of things, has the most illustrious

  • "Bradford businesses in need of financial advice"

    As decision time nears for local companies hoping to win support from this year’s Local Business Accelerators campaign, which will provide hands-on support to three Bradford businesses, backers of the scheme have highlighted the need for clearer financial

  • Rural councils 'facing huge cuts'

    Rural councils such as Craven and North Yorkshire are facing the largest reductions in central grants, according to an initial analysis by the Rural Services Network. Last month, Craven District Council learnt its draft settlement from central

  • Fire at block of flats in Bradford

    Fire crews are this morning battling a blaze at a block of flats off Manchester Road, Bradford. One person had to be rescued from the fire, at Ashton House, Croscombe Walk. The blaze, in the fourth floor of the high-rise block, set off a hard-wired

  • The work choice too few mums have

    A survey by parenting support group Netmums reveals that 88 per cent of mothers working full-time would rather go part-time or stay at home with their children. The survey highlights what Netmums calls “a frightening lack of choice” facing mothers

  • Wednesday, January 9, 2012

    25 years ago: Pub landlords in Bradford bolted their doors at lunchtime in anticipation of 3,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers fans descending on the city for an FA Cup third round clash with Bradford City. 50 years ago: An application to operate a lucrative

  • City centre action plan welcome

    There is much to applaud in Bradford Council’s new action plan for the city centre which is unveiled in the Telegraph & Argus today. Encouraging nightlife while making the streets safer, improving business, cultural and educational opportunities

  • You have to laugh...

    SIR – Congratulations to Caroline Sangster for her entertaining letter in the T&A (January 3). Her ironic humour was not lost on me. I think she will not be out of work very long. She obviously has a great future as a scriptwriter. The content

  • Hitting the vulnerable

    SIR – In April, the Government is going to introduce the ridiculous ‘bedroom tax’, which is going to affect millions of people in the UK. The elderly, children and the destitute are going to be hit the hardest if this tax goes through. Many people

  • The unwanted Odeon

    SIR – In many ways this is a pointless exchange with Mr Delaney (Letters, January 4). He appears unwilling to grasp the point that the Odeon, or any replacement of it, is not wanted by anyone at this time on a commercial basis nor is it required as

  • Worth fighting for

    SIR – The NHS is very important to the people of this country. I believe the current ‘reorganisation’ is a waste of money. The money would be better spent on improving services so that all effective medicines can be available on the NHS so we don’t

  • Money matters

    SIR – Mr Bird (T&A, January 2) remains in complete denial of the financial and economic damage inflicted on the world by his role models, Thatcher and Reagan. It was ultimately their ill-informed obsession with the unregulated economic theories

  • Alarm at comments on library problems

    SIR – We view with alarm the report of Coun Hinchcliffe’s recent interview on the Central Library. It ignores the problems specific to the local studies department which is based at the library. The comments are relevant to lending and ‘looking it

  • Bingley and Worth Valley police tackling off-road nuisance

    Police are going off-road as they step up the fight against crime. The Bingley and Worth Valley neighbourhood policing team is determined to crack down on offences, particularly people riding off-road bikes or quad bikes illegally. PC Richard

  • Groups to run Whetley Hill resource centre in Bradford?

    Whetley Hill Resource Centre will remain open but with a new organisation owning the building and running services from it, Bradford Council has recommended. If approved at a meeting of the Executive on Tuesday, the Council would go through a tendering

  • Flooding? We are the problem...

    Flooding has been much in the news over the last year, and it’s probably the most obvious indication that the climate is changing. We can’t help but notice a foot of water in our living rooms. Indeed this is the third time that I have written about

  • Driver jailed for reversing car into man

    An angry businessman, who used a car as a weapon to deliberately reverse into a man in a pub car park, has been jailed. David Emsley was crushed between the vehicle and railings, fracturing his ribs and suffering other injuries, when Simon Waters

  • Driver facing jail over death of Bilal, aged 12

    A 21-year-old man was last night behind bars awaiting a prison sentence after pleading guilty to causing the death of a Bradford schoolboy, Bilal Khizar, by driving dangerously. Zain Khan also admitted dangerous driving after running down 12-year-old

  • Hospitals trust awards £1m beds contract

    Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a bed management contract worth more than £1million to healthcare equipment specialists Sidhil. Alongside management of bed facilities across the Trust, the contract includes the supply

  • Bradford City keeper Duke becomes a king as he rules supreme

    Bradford City 3 Aston Villa 1 Nobody is looking for the Wembley map in the programme just yet. There are still 90 minutes – possibly even 120 and you know whats – at Villa Park that stand between the Bantams and a cup final day-out on February

  • Sidlow tipped to muscle up at Bradford Bulls

    Jamie Langley believes new recruit Adam Sidlow will add some much-needed beef to the Bulls’ pack this coming season. Sidlow, an imposing figure at 6ft 4in and more than 17 stone, is gearing up for a big campaign after joining the club on a two-year

  • Action plan to build 3,500 new homes in city centre

    A wide-ranging action plan for Bradford city centre, which would include creating at least 3,500 new homes, has been unveiled. The draft document, drawn up by Bradford Council planners, is set to go out to public consultation to help shape a blueprint

  • Girlington shooting: six more quizzed by Bradford police

    A Bradford shooting victim has been released from hospital, as detectives last night quizzed six more people about the incident. The 30-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg after shots were fired at a car in Thorn Street, Girlington

  • West Yorkshire rail investment plan is welcomed

    The authority responsible for train travel in West Yorkshire said that it wants to see responsibility for rail franchising devolved to a new Rail in the North Executive to ensure a quality of services across the north. Metro made the announcement

  • Cabbie gets seven and a half years for raping passenger

    A Bradford minicab driver has been jailed for more than seven years for raping a passenger who fell asleep as he drove her home to Baildon. Mohammed Shahin, 28, subjected his 20-year-old victim to what police described as a “sickening attack” after

  • Wells on the mark as Bradford City defy odds again

    City striker Nahki Wells conceded his side are now favourites to reach the Capital One Cup final after their semi-final first-leg win over Aston Villa – but would prefer it if they remained as the underdogs. Wells scored the first goal as City