Albion Sports leapt five places up the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division when they spanked Lincoln Moorlands Railway with six of the best tonight. Danny Facey bagged himself a second half hat-trick, making it four on the
Rumours of a rail disaster in Haworth tonight have been quashed - firefighters were just training. Worried passers-by saw bodies being pulled from a flaming train carriage on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway - but fortunately they turned
Skipton’s James Whitaker is to replace Geoff Miller as England chairman of selectors and national selector. The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced the change after Miller informed the governing body of his intention to step down
Bingley St Ives member Henry Tetley is bidding for glory in the inaugural Lee Westwood Golf Tour and Camps national finals on Saturday. Thanks to victories at Rudding Park, Hollins Hall and Cookridge Hall, the 17-year-old (pictured) won his region
Three more men have been arrested in connection with an acid and gun attack in Bradford that has left a man fighting for life. Two of the men, aged 41 and 28, of Holme Wood, handed themselves in at Trafalgar House police station yesterday afternoon
Rising Bulls stars Nathan Conroy and Alex Mellor are in line to represent the England Academy against Wales in the second junior Test at Taffs Wells on Friday night. The English youngsters delivered an impressive display to defeat their Welsh counterparts
A 91-year-old woman was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at her flat in Keighley today. Fire crews were called to St Peter’s Court on South Street, at 3.50pm. A fire service spokesman said a plastic plate caught fire on an electric
A man has suffered burns to his hip and arm in a fire at a flat in Bradford. Fire crews from Fairweather Green and Bradford stations were called to the property on Fairbank Terrace, Girlington, at 5.10pm today. A fire service spokesman said
Two goals in the first seven minutes set Bingley Bees’ men on course for a 7-0 win against City of York sevenths in Division Five North of the Yorkshire League. Immediate pressure saw skipper Ben Clough put the Bees ahead and Stephen Booth quickly
An open day and race night are being held at Keighley Table Tennis and Recreation Centre this Saturday. The venue – on the second floor of Keighley Business Centre, in South Street – will be open to the public between 11am and 2pm, and admission
A medical practice is backing the Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal. Staff at the Farfield Group Practice in West Lane, Keighley, are making donations to the appeal in lieu of Christmas cards. Practice manager, Cheryl Lamb, said: “
West Yorkshire Fire Service is holding a Fireworks Extravaganza. The event at its headquarters in Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, on Friday, November 8, features children’s rides and live music. Gates open at 6pm and the fireworks display takes
Bradford businessman Nirmal Singh has been appointed chairman of the Yorkshire Sikh Forum for the third time. Mr Singh said he was “honoured” to take the voluntary position, which involves networking with figures such as the local MPs and police
A Christmas collection will be held across Bradford to raise cash for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Staff at the charity’s Bradford Hospice are appealing for volunteers to collect donations at places such as supermarkets. For information contact
Fundraisers spent an evening being pampered to raise hundreds of pounds for a worthy cause. Helen Butler, of Cleckheaton, organised the event at Whitcliffe Mount School in her hometown and raised £640 for Avon Pink Breast Cancer awareness.
Leeds City Organist Simon Lindley will perform in Horsforth on Wednesday, October 23. The concert, at 7.30pm, will take place at the Grove Methodist Church. Tickets can be bought at the door for £7, or are available in advance for £5 from Chris Seller
Hyacinth and crocus planting for carers and the over-50s takes place in Shipley tomorrow. Baskets and bulbs can be made into ideal Christmas gifts at the Carers’ Resource Centre, Unit 15, Park View Court, Shipley, between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.
Barry Turnbull and Alan Thornber (Silsden) and Ryan Benson and Helen Gilroy (Rufford) were the qualifiers from week one of the Guiseley Open Winter Pairs. Turnbull and Thornber overcame Stuart and Martin Wilson (Greengates) 21-8 in their first-round
Parkside School are celebrating after recent trials saw one of their girls selected to play for the West Yorkshire netball team and 11 for the Bradford squad. Natalia Karkoszka has been chosen to represent West Yorkshire under-13s, with six of
The Leeds Red Triangle League, who are still seeking a sponsor for a cup competition, will accept open-age Saturday teams as late as November 23. Further information can be obtained from Brian Radcliffe on 07922-646651. * Drighlington Malt
A teenage soldier killed alongside five colleagues in a bomb blast in Afghanistan had taken the place of a fellow private at the last minute, an inquest heard today. Private Christopher Kershaw, of Bradford, volunteered to take the place of another
St Bede's AFC are holding a race night and auction on Saturday. The event is to help raise funds to improve the club’s facilities and is being hosted by the Black Swan pub in Frizinghall, Bradford. For further information, or for anyone wishing
The owner of Bradford’s Midland Hotel says the city centre venue is well on the way to becoming AA four-star rated. Peel Hotels chairman Robert Peel said the Midland could be upgraded now but more work would be carried out to ensure the historic
Police Community Support Officers from Manningham said are reminding people to remove valuables from view after a theft from a car. A spokesman said: “Residents are reminded to remove all valuables from their vehicles including phones, money, chargers
A charity golf day made £1,430 for Manorlands hospice at Oxenhope. The game was held in May by Keighley firm Reedmoor Distribution. Its 2014 golf day, at Ilkley Golf Club, is scheduled for May 30. Contact 01535 640176 for more details and to enter
Police in Bradford recovered a stolen car yesterday morning. The white Audi A3, which was taken from Park Road in Low Moor at 11.57pm on Saturday, October 12, was found on Main Street. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman asked anyone with information
Marie Curie Cancer Care is appealing for volunteers to take up two leading roles within a group set up in Bradford to support the charity. The new Wibsey Fundraising Group needs a chairman and a secretary to join the seven volunteers already signed
People are being urged to immerse themselves in dance at a community event this Saturday. The 39th Day of Dance at Saltaire, which will be held at Victoria Hall and nearby venues, will feature 40 dance, music and song workshops. Bookings can
A good Samaritan has been praised by police after chasing and apprehending a bag thief in Manningham. The theft happened on Monday at 2.30pm as a woman was doing some shopping. Police arrested a man for the offence and he has since been bailed.
Utley Fisheries in Keighley is serving up a food and drink quiz to raise cash for Manorlands until the end of this month. Quiz forms can be picked up from the Birchwood Road shop, for a £1 donation. All proceeds go to the Oxenhope Sue Ryder
Folk rock musicians David and Joseph Dunwell will play in Burley-in-Wharfedale next week to launch this year’s village Poppy Appeal. The brothers, from The Dunwells band, will be the headline act at Burley Social Club next Friday in between tours
There was a surge in vehicle crime in Queensbury over a seven-day period, police figures revealed. Between October 5 and October 11, there were five reports of vehicles being targeted. One incident saw a red Nissan Juke stolen from outside a house
A travelling circus has thanked its supporters in Queensbury by naming a new baby llama after the Bradford village. Peter Jolly’s circus were forced to postpone shows in the area last week due to bad weather, but say they have now re-scheduled
A teacher and her students are exhibiting together in a new art display in Keighley. Jan Whittock has taken along work by her class for the display at Central Hall in Alice Street. She wanted to showcase the talents of her students at the Little
Children can use up some of their energy and learn new skills this half-term. B-active Sport and Exercise camps, which are run by Bradford Council, are aimed at children aged 5 to 13 and give them the opportunity to try new sports, improve their
Development land across Bradford will feature at a property auction later this month. A site at Rooley Crescent, off Rooley Lane, which has planning permission for 13 houses will go under the hammer at the next Eddisons sale on October 24 with
A Bradford charity fundraiser and cancer survivor is urging the city to follow in his footsteps and Stand Up To Cancer. Andy Jackson, 43, of Holme Wood, is encouraging people to join the national campaign this Friday in order to raise funds for
Suree Coates was crowned UK South Asian chef of the year after beating seven other finalists at Bradford College’s International Food & Travel Studio. Suree, executive chef at The King and Thai Restaurant at the Forester Arms, Broseley, Shropshire
The International Food & Travel Studio School in Bradford will hold an open evening tonight, 4pm-7pm. It includes student guided tours, demonstrations in the state-of-the-art kitchen and its converted Boeing 737 aeroplane classroom as well
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two thieves who struck in a car park off Hall Street, Cross Hills, near Keighley. Officers say two men pulled up a white van, possibly a Peugeot Partner, in the car park to the rear of Tams restaurant
A Bradford teenager who turned his life around and help troubled youngsters will meet Dame Kelly Holmes next week to talk about his work. Akaash Rafiq, 18, of Girlington, confesses he used to misbehave at Samuel Lister Academy until he realised
Eid gifts were handed to youngsters in the children’s ward at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Naqshbandia Active Development Association, which runs Jamia Masjid Naqshbandia Aslamia in Bradford, visited Ward 17 to cheer up patients. NADA general
When wellwishers told Susan Carroll to “break a leg” for her performance in the Bradford Catholic Players’ latest production, they didn’t think she would take it literally. But when Susan, who is busy rehearsing for comedy musical The Producers
A historic Keighley steam locomotive has been granted iconic status by a leading engineers’ body. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers will present the Webb Coal Tank NO 1054 with an Engineering Heritage Award. The loco now stands alongside
Bradford Council is expected to back a call to protect the district’s pubs from closure when it meets next week. A motion that would give the authority greater power to determine if pubs should be demolished or converted for another use will go
Bradford City fans are being asked for help in tracing a Leeds woman who went missing 13 years ago. The charity Missing People has joined forces with West Yorkshire Police and Gemma Simpson’s family to encourage fans travelling to Crawley Town
A coroner’s office is appealing for relatives or friends of a pensioner found dead at his Pudsey home to make contact. Michael Goodall, 75, was discovered at his home in Lodge Road on Sunday, September 29. He died from natural causes. Contact Rod
New Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has hit back at claims that David Cameron downgraded his job – because he is only a junior. The Prime Minister catapulted the Keighley MP (pictured) into his first ministerial job last week, asking him to sort
Poor medical care is putting people at risk of serious asthma attacks, a charity has warned. A new report by Asthma UK rates the care given to a third (32 per cent) of asthmatics in Yorkshire and the Humber as ‘poor’. But the Bradford district
Bradford University’s American Football team will tackle a range of fundraising feats to raise money for a Yorkshire cancer charity. Bradford Bears picked Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) as its charity of the year and plans to stage a number of
It’s well over a decade since Yorkshire saw JCBs digging large trenches all over the county. They were for a huge pipeline that linked up West and East to transfer water to prevent the shortages we endured in 1995. It was a time of stand pipes
SIR – With the Tory government flogging off what we already owned and on the cheap – ie Royal Mail – it comes to mind that there’s nowt much left to sell, except the NHS, as proud and successful and professional and dedicated as it is. It’s a system
SIR – Well, well, well! Philip Bird of the UKIP party, once again getting his facts wrong. Thatcher attacked and destroyed the unions after the 1984 miners strike, the Winter of Discontent was under a Labour government. It’s understandable him
SIR – On recent performance, should Labour change its name to the U-turn Party because it changes direction from day to day? For example, the public spending cuts announced by the coalition brought howls of protest at first, followed by a grudging
SIR – It’s not often I agree with anything the EU does, but for once I applaud them for awarding the Sakharov human rights prize to Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai. The 16-year-old, who was shot in the head by the Taliban a
SIR – John Hall (Letters, October 12) asks where is the support these days for people without food. He doesn’t have to look far as it is the general Bradford community – the schools, the churches, the mosques, the temples, work places, offices and
SIR – The Westfield scheme appears to have made some progress (‘Half of Broadway let’, T&A, October 4). Perhaps our councillors will have learned to always have a firm date on any future contracts. An important issue now is that the planning
SIR – In general I congratulate your paper – and the whole of Bradford – on your coverage of last Friday’s and Saturday’s events. All the same, giving out green ribbons and having the the chance to talk and listen to huge numbers of people of all
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Landlords, police and Bradford Council joined forces to form a new code of conduct – the ‘pub pass’ scheme – aimed at reducing trouble in city centre pubs. 50 years ago: Three nurses at St Luke’s Hospital,
A group that specialises in events for people aged 50 or more is hosting an exhibition in Pudsey this Friday. The Golden Years show will feature a variety of turns, including professional food demonstrations, live tributes to Elvis, Dean Martin
Small stories to help a troubled world will be presented at Keighley Shared Church this month. Riding Lights Theatre Company will perform its play, A Different Drum, on Wednesday, October 30. The play imagines how different the world could
School students and older people have enjoyed a two and a half hour session to help bridge the generation gap in Cullingworth. A group of 10 pupils from different years at Parkside School met a similar number of residents at Scarborough Court.
Plans for the lead development on a new Baildon high-tech business park, which were withdrawn in the summer for tweaking, are due to be resubmitted to Bradford Council this month. Agents have also revealed they have been in talks with “a number
Designers in Bradford can show off their creative talents by designing the official campaign T-shirt for National Apprenticeship Week 2014. The garment will play an important role in promoting the seventh annual campaign from March 3 to 7 next
The work of a Keighley manufacturing business is due to feature on the nation’s TV screens next month. Filming has taken place at Pennine Weavers, in Becks Road, for BBC2 programme The Culture Show. Company owner and managing director Gary
A man had £200 and a bank card stolen when he was robbed at knifepoint outside a Morrisons store in Bradford. The offence, which happened near a cashpoint at the supermarket on Mayo Avenue, was one of nine crimes in Wibsey ward reported to police
Firefighters were called to reports of flames coming from beneath a manhole cover in Oakworth this morning. The Keighley crew was called at 6.39am to the incident in Colne Road, outside the Snooty Fox pub. The fire crew kept the site secure
For the third successive year, Bradford has, quite rightly, been crowned as the Curry Capital of Britain. Coming just days after the city was facing headlines for all the wrong reasons, this is superb news and keeps us rightly at the head of the
A bullet smashes through a glass of milk. Moments later, another blasts through a bottle of ketchup, then a third shatters a watermelon. These images appear on a screen in front of a room full of young people, half way through a busy morning at
Thackley remain four points clear at the top of the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division following a 2-0 win over Winterton Rangers last night. Goals from David Brown, before the break, and Matty Hall early in the second half earned
Liversedge failed to improve their mid-table position in the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League when they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by basement outfit Nostell MW. Gibril Bojang gave Sedge an early lead before Alex Booker
Ilkley charity Outside the Box Café and new friendship website togetherfriends are joining forces to run a local Great Pink Bake Off in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The event will be held at the café on Bridge Lane between 10am and noon on
A horse chestnut tree which gave its name to an area of Ben Rhydding was felled as it was in a dangerous condition, says Bradford Council. Residents and a ward councillor asked why the tree on Wheatley Lane, which gave the area the name Conker
A woman whose baby was saved by neo-natal staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary is organising a fundraiser as a thank-you to the special unit. Jodie Dawn, 26, said looking at four-year-old Riley now as he dashes round on his bike makes memories of
National housebuilder Bellway, which has several local developments, says Government-backed schemes to boost the housing market had helped to push up sales. The company, whose ten Yorkshire developments include sites at Edison Fields in Guiseley
An art exhibition and sale takes place at East Morton Institute this Saturday. The 10am to 4pm event will feature work by local amateur artists and their teachers. There will also be a children’s activity table, quiz and a cafe serving tea,
The Marie Curie Hospice in Bradford received a surprise gift from a Cleckheaton company. Volkswagen Van Centre has donated a Volkswagen Caddy van to the hospice to replace the one they donated seven years ago. It will be used to take blood
Residents’ safety will not be compromised when a partial switch-off of street lights begins in Wharfedale next week. That is the local police inspector’s view on a city-wide scheme Leeds City Council hopes will save £1.3 million over the next decade
Bulls boss Francis Cummins believes newly-appointed Under-19s coach Richard Tunningley “fits the bill perfectly”. Tunningley has joined the club from Castleford, where he was working as head of youth development, having also served the Tigers as
Information on osteoporosis will be on offer at Holycroft Surgery, Keighley, next week. Awareness about the fragile bone condition will be promoted in the aftermath of World Osteoporosis Day this Sunday. The National Osteoporosis Society has been advising
Phil Parkinson has pleaded for officials to give City’s flair players more protection. The Bantams boss voiced his concerns to Football League referees supremo David Allison in the wake of Ian Goodison’s forearm challenge on Kyel Reid that went
A West Yorkshire oil company has been given a royal seal of approval after opening a new £500,000 research and development centre. It is the culmination of several years of investment to keep Millers Oils at the forefront of lubricant and fuel
A student barred from going on a dream family holiday to the US has described his “nightmare” at being branded a high-risk passenger. Ismail Hussein, who is studying at the University of Bradford, said his family’s £8,000 trip to California was
A man accused of attempting to murder his neighbour has been allowed bail. Judge Peter Benson granted conditional bail to 25-year-old Nadeem Nawaz. Nawaz was appearing, from custody, at Bradford Crown Court yesterday, along with his sister
City’s Rory McArdle was handed a first competitive start at centre-half for Northern Ireland last night, helping them end their disappointing World Cup campaign on something of a positive note with a battling 1-1 draw in Israel. Captain Steven
A hospice is to carry out a series of investigations so it can ‘learn’ lessons from the death of a former magistrate. An inquest in Bradford yesterday heard how Jack Williamson, 76, was said to have disappeared from Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope
A Cleckheaton-based training centre has had its Government funding stripped amid concerns over the quality of learner records and its financial dealings. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) told the Telegraph & Argus it had terminated its contract
Campaigners who have spent four years and £100,000 objecting to hundreds of homes being built fear they could be back to square one as developers prepare to submit another planning application. Despite plans for the houses being turned down by
Junior Witter insists high-calibre sparring keeps him young as he builds up for a landmark 50th pro fight in Germany. Bradford’s only former world champion faces unbeaten Albanian prospect Timo Schwarzkopf in Stuttgart next month. It is a year
Bradford has claimed an unprecedented hat-trick by becoming the first city to win the Curry Capital of Britain title three times in a row. The city has again proved it is best bar na’an after beating off hot competition from second-placed Glasgow
The smallest school in the Bradford district has received a glowing Ofsted report that noted recent improvements. Oldfield Primary School, Keighley, has just 47 pupils and has been judged good following its recent inspection. Inspectors praised
A Bradford girl suffered eight years of sexual abuse and rape after her mother moved house and left her with a neighbour when she was seven years old, a jury heard. The alleged victim, now in her 30s, wept as she told Bradford Crown Court yesterday
A drugs feud between rival gangs is thought to be behind a chilling acid and gun attack on a man at his home on a Bradford estate. The 52-year-old victim was last night in a battle for life in a hospital burns unit with 50 per cent acid burns to
A rarely-seen film based on a JB Priestley play is being screened in Bradford this weekend, exactly 70 years after it was first performed in the city. Called They Came to a City, the film is the focus of a special anniversary event organised by
A motion to have the far-right English Defence League deemed an illegal organisation on grounds of terrorism will go before Bradford Council next week. Respect councillors Alyas Karmani (Little Horton) and Ishtiaq Ahmed (Manningham) have put forward
