Yorkshire have awarded four youngsters junior professional contracts ahead of the 2014 summer. Ben Coad, Will Rhodes, Lightcliffe’s Oliver Robinson and Jonny Tattersall have all been rewarded for their development last summer, which included first-team
The Crag Community Regeneration Group in the Crag Road area of Windhill, Shipley, is asking for volunteers to help with weed clearance and digging. People should go along between 10am and noon on Monday, December 9, or Monday, December 16, to the
A Porsche-driving GP sold the sports car after he was caught speeding on the A59 at Beamsley Hill, Skipton magistrates were told. Graeme Summers, 41, a GP in Ilkley, was caught in a police speed trap doing 86mph in the 50mph limit in his Porsche
A 26-year-old man has admitted murdering his 84-year-old grandmother and attempting to murder a nine-year-old boy. Nathaniel Flynn pleaded guilty to killing Louisa Denby at their home in Shipley, in July and stabbing the boy in a nearby skate park
National record holder Chris Brown helped Yorkshire win the regional round of the National Masters Inter-County Championships for the second year in succession. The City of Bradford member travelled to the Darlington meet as part of a strong team
Firefighters spent half an hour tackling a car fire in Bradford yesterday at 3am when a crew from Fairweather Green was called to Aberdeen Terrace, in Clayton. Watch commander Michael Smith said the cause of the VW Golf fire was unknown, but it
Welcome to Yorkshire has beaten campaigns from Expedia, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airlines to win the World's Leading Marketing Campaign. The ‘Have a brilliant Yorkshire’ campaign won the public vote with its mix of television adverts
The Bradford Mutual Sunday School League have made a hefty loss of £1,800 on the year ending October 31. This is a dramatic turnaround from a profit of £836 last year, with almost £1,000 of the difference being down to a reduction in fines.
Bradford City is joining a national campaign to fight the rising problem of people letting off ‘dangerous’ smoke bombs at matches, as it was revealed there have been more than three flare incidents at the club’s games this year. The League One
CRAVEN, AIRE & WHARFE LEAGUE – Under-11 A: BD3 2, Menston Rangers 2; Horsforth Mustangs 5, Salts Lions 1; Oakworth Hornets 1, Westwood Jets 10; Silsden Dragons 6, Fairbank 2. B: Bingley Barca 1, Nab Wood 4; Campion 9, Menston Rovers 2; Sandy Lane
A 36-year-old Bradford man will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty today to 13 charges of supplying class A drugs. Paulo Gallone, of Whiteways, Bolton, Bradford, admitted supplying heroin and crack cocaine in January and February
James Wattana knew he faced a challenge from Ding Junhui – and was bitterly disappointed not to step up to it at the UK Championships. Wattana, who saw off Ian Burns in the first round at the Barbican Centre in York, earned a match with the man
Around 200 friends and family have said an emotional final farewell to a young mother found strangled in a caravan. Jade Watson's younger sisters helped carry her pink rose-covered coffin in to St Cuthbert's Church, Wrose, today for the hour-long
Bradford magician Dynamo will be awarded an honorary degree by Bradford University during a graduation ceremony tomorrow. The Magician Impossible star, 31, who grew up as Steven Frayne on Bradford's Delph Hill estate, will be made a Doctor of the
Rick Hyland has joined crowd-funding business rebuildingsociety.com as business development manager for Yorkshire. He will be responsible for growing the company’s network among Yorkshire businesses and lenders. The Leeds-based firm announced that
A Cleckheaton training firm has been recognised for its continuing commitment and dedication to the region’s Reserve Forces. Brookhouse Training Centre has received one of only 80 certificates presented annually and signed by the Chief of the Defence
More than £320,000 of Government loans have been handed to Bradford entrepreneurs to help them “achieve their dreams”. A total of 65 people have been given ‘Start Up Loans’ to set up their own businesses, new figures show – receiving an average
Jack Leach scored four of the Wyke Wanderers under-tens goals as they blasted Lepton Highlanders 9-2 in the Huddersfield RCD League Cup. Reece Clay opened the scoring for Wyke, smashing home Harris Cunningham’s pass from the edge of the area.
More firms have been urged to become involved in a campaign to bridge the gap between businesses and education. Paul Mackie, chairman of the E3 Bradford initiative, told the organisation’s first summit that while 300 companies had provided 5,000
Bradford-based pneumatics specialist Thorite achieved a record monthly sales of pneumatic products and process systems of nearly £1.5 million in October. Managing director Stephen Wright presented every employee at the Bradford head office with
Communications giant BT is taking into employment 282 front desk, security and reception services staff, currently employed by an external security company. Under the ‘insourcing move’, the staff working for Securitas at 68 of BT's main buildings across
In the year it closed a Bradford city centre call centre with the loss of 600 jobs, holiday giant Thomas Cook more than halved losses. The company, which retains an operations centre at Birkenshaw, said the first year of its major overhaul was
By Phillip Wong Share prices, mid-way through the final quarter of the year, are managing to stay in touch with recent highs despite some mixed news on economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 indices in the USA stand
A Keighley restaurant is backing Airedale General Hospital’s maternity appeal. Rolands, in Utley, will raise funds over the next year in support of the hospital labour ward. The restaurant will display posters and information and stage events
A piece of Cullingworth’s local history has now been officially unveiled at a school. Pupils attended a ceremony at the name board from Cullingworth Railway Station, which lay abandoned for decades following the station’s closure in the 1950s.
Bradford Festival Choral Society has been chosen by the Association of British Choral directors to host one of its prestigious choral conducting apprenticeships. Alexander Douglas will work as an apprentice to the choir’s musical director Thomas
Firefighters were called to rescue a kitten which had got stuck behind kitchen units in the middle of the night. The pet’s owner had tried for an hour to free the animal at her house in Granton Street, Laisterdyke, Bradford, before calling the
The budget and finances of a proposed new super-council for West Yorkshire will be unveiled at a public meeting this week. Plans for a Combined Authority, which would oversee £1.5 billion of investment in the local economy and transport network
A cat that was stuck up a tree ran further up it when firefighters tried to rescue it in Bradford yesterday. Firefighters from Fairweather Green station were called to Bonn Road at 4pm by the RSPCA. A spokesman for the station said the cat climbed
A full-scale Council investigation into controversial Government disability assessments is to hold a major hearing this week. Bradford Council, which has branded the tests “unfair”, is believed to be the first local authority in the country to
Bradford City fans have topped a league for loyal fans. Personalised wall art website Chatterbox-walls.co.uk analysed orders placed for its football shirt poster designs to work out which teams are the most popular with fans. The Bantams came
Emergency repairs are being carried out on a damaged gas main in Bradford. Northern Gas Networks engineers are replacing a stretch of old iron gas main with plastic pipes which the company says will ensure the safe and reliable supply of gas to
Low Moor chemical firm BASF will be testing its siren this week. There will be tests of its off-site emergency siren at 10am and 8pm on Thursday. The siren, which produces a sound of increasing and decreasing pitch, will sound for one minute
Mickey Mouse and Peppa Pig helped turn on Otley Christmas lights last night. They were joined by Otley’s carnival queen Katelyn May and town mayor Councillor Pamela Gill. More than 500 people enjoyed the event, which included performances from
A fund which was set up to help a paralysed teenager will continue in his memory following his death. Nineteen-year-old Murray Watson (pictured) died before he could benefit from it, but his parents say they will continue to collect money in his
An appeal has been made by hospital chiefs for photographs of bygone Bradford for use in elderly care wards at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Healthcare assistant Saraya Seed said: “Hospitals can often be frightening places for people with cognitive
A commitment by Morrisons to make more of the food it sells than any of its competitors is set to create 50 jobs in Bradford next year. Morrisons has invested more than £31 million over the past 18 months in its Farmers Boy site at Dudley Hill
Seven workmates at the Telegraph & Argus print production department are clean-shaven again after completing the Movember charity challenge. Dave McCabe, Mark Lawrenson, John Sharp, Dave McCabe, Neil Beck, Carl Rattenbury, Grahame Topham and
Business owners and entrepreneurs have been invited to a summit this week so they can find out how they can benefit from Bradford’s City Centre Growth Zone. Established last year, the growth zone has committed more than £3 million in business rate
Police have started a Christmas campaign and say becoming a victim of crime can be especially distressing during the festive period. North Yorkshire officers, who cover the Skipton area, say they are combining education and enforcement as part
Bradford West MP George Galloway has condemned a proposal by Bradford’s Liberal Democrats and Conservatives that the city should sell off all or part of its arts treasures to fund slashed frontline services. The suggestion has proved a huge talking
England, France, Italy, Poland, India, China and Pakistan were all represented when a Bradford school celebrated International Day. Pupils at All Saints’ Primary School, in Little Horton Green, dressed in traditional costumes from a variety of different
Phil Parkinson is compiling video proof to demonstrate that Kyel Reid is no serial diver. The City boss is still fuming over his side’s three penalty claims that were ignored in Sunday’s draw at Oldham. Two of them were for challenges on Reid
An 82-year-old man was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a chimney fire at his home in Cleckheaton. Firefighters were called to the property on Scholes Lane, Scholes, at 1.15pm yesterday. A spokesman for Cleckheaton fire
New police statistics for Shipley, Bingley and Wharfedale show dramatic drops in overall crime and increased public confidence in the battle against anti-social behaviour. But some types of crime such as house burglary and theft from cars have
A Bradford pensioner recognised one of the defendants standing trial for conspiracy to burgle after his photograph was published by the Telegraph & Argus, a jury heard yesterday. Marina Morris, 67, told Bradford Crown Court she suspected Len
A man has been arrested after an arson attack at a flat in Bradford. Firefighters were called to a blaze on Brookfield Road, Barkerend, at about 1.50am on Sunday. A 56-year-old Polish woman and her 19-year-old son were trapped in the first-floor
Staff are holding a one day strike at both Bradford College and the University of Bradford today in a national row over pay. Lecturers in UK universities first walked out in October when members of UCU, Unison and Unite took strike action.
Adam Henry hit the ground running on his first day as a Bulls player and declared: “I feel at home already.” The 22-year-old centre arrived in England at the weekend and trained with his new team-mates at Tong for the first time yesterday.
Abundant Life Church and West Park United played out a high-scoring match in the Spen Valley League Premeir Division, with ALC winning 8-4. It leaves West Park with a solitary point from their nine games played. Arch destroyer was Aaron Irving
Matthew Bates managed to dodge the bug that descended on the City dressing room last week. But there is one malaise that the centre half is finding hard to stomach right now. Given his injury-riddled recent past, Bates is making the most of
A Bradford-born artist is bringing some of his most celebrated work to life in a new exhibition at the city’s Industrial Museum. “Shadow Machines and Singing Paintings”, by visual artist Steve Gumbley, will be displayed at the Council-run museum
Bradford-based TV actress Natalie Gavin is backing a charity’s Christmas appeal which aims to make children smile over the festive period. Natalie, who starred in Prisoners’ Wives and The Syndicate, has organised an event to support The Well Wish
A Bradford school which is using solar energy to slash its electricity bill and reduce emissions has been nominated for an award for its innovation. Saltaire Primary School borrowed money from Bradford Council coffers to fund the 66 panels which
A fan-made film marking Bradford City’s Wembley triumph from the perspective of 1,000 supporters was shown for the first time during a big screen premiere at the National Media Museum last night. The 13-minute movie, pieced together from mobile
Proposals to downgrade children’s centres will create a three-tier system which will penalise poorer parents who happen to live in wealthier parts of Bradford district, say councillors. After reports that seven SureStart centres would be closed
A company boss is offering a reward after yobs burned out a £50,000 excavator at a Bradford stoneyard. The arsonists destroyed the specialist machine after placing wooden pallets beneath it and setting them alight. The firebugs struck after
Regular bus users in Bradford could save more than £250 in the New Year – thanks to new reduced fares. First has announced a package of cut fares of up to nearly 30 per cent on some of its Bradford bus services from Sunday, January 5. The bus
A teenage college student is on trial accused of attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl in a Bradford subway. Imran Hussain, 18, of Jasmine Terrace, Listerhills, Bradford, is said to have followed his alleged victim, grabbed her by the hair and
JUST three people in ‘troubled families’ in Bradford have been found work from a Government scheme. The programme has been hailed as a success by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles, who said the lives of 543 city families had been “turned
An historic Bingley building will be reborn as an apartment block with two new ground floor shops if plans for the former Conservative Club in Main Street get the go-ahead from Bradford planners. Gilstead-based architect Jeff Redmile has submitted
‘Sacred soil’ from the cemeteries at First World War battlefield sites in Flanders where many millions died has been brought to Britain. The soil, held in 70 sandbags, was added as a focal point to a new Flanders Fields Memorial Garden based at
Bingley Grammar School pupil Rebekah Tiler has been named among ten contenders for the BBC young sports personality of the year award. But the Denholme teenager, who last week won the junior and youth sections at the Commonwealth Weightlifting
Cononley villagers are opposing plans to develop a key site in the village. Outline planning permission is being sought for houses on Madge Bank, a field bounded by Crosshills Road and the playing fields. The application’s design and access
Mickey Mouse and Peppa Pig helped turn on Otley Christmas lights last night. They were joined by Otley’s carnival queen Katelyn May and town mayor Councillor Pamela Gill. More than 500 people enjoyed the event, which included performances from
Stephen Holbrook The Great Victoria Hotel, Bradford Stephen Holbrook is nothing if not entertaining. “I’m good aren’t I?” he asks his audience on more than occasion. The evening is billed as an evening of clairvoyance with one of the
