Oakworth, beaten finalists in four of the last five years in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League’s blue-riband event, start their 2014 Wynn Cup campaign at home to Barrowford on Sunday, May 4. That is one of only two all top-flight ties, the other
Bradford No 1 lost their first Yorkshire Inter-District League snooker match in nearly two years with a 4-2 home defeat to Castleford No 2. Having won the title last year with an unbeaten record, and moving top of Division One without losing this
Both Albion Sports and Liversedge were left frustrated by postponements tonight as the wet weather wiped out all of the Toolstation Northern Counties East League’s fixtures. Sixth-placed Albion should have headed to Staveley MW, while strugglers
Had things turned out a little differently, George Ford could have been gearing up for the new Super League season as a Bulls player. The 20-year-old Bath fly-half, the son of former Castleford half-back Mike Ford, played league and union as a
Bingley Bees cruised to a 7-0 win against Boston Spa Thirds as they climbed to second place in Division Five North of the Yorkshire League. The Bees dominated to such an extent that keeper Christopher Silberberg was never called on to touch the
Hartlepool defender Michael Duckworth has been ruled out for at least a month following surgery to resolve a double hernia problem. The 21-year-old full back, who has been an ever-present for Pools this season after arriving from Bradford Park
Bradford Park Avenue are inviting fans to decide their own admission fee for Monday’s home fixture against Leamington (7.45pm). There will be no minimum or maximum price when supporters show up at Horsfall Stadium's turnstiles for the match.
The owner of Bradford’s historic Cock and Bottle pub has been given permission to make some alterations, despite objections from heritage campaigners. Owner Aftab Ali, who wants to reopen the Grade II listed pub, in Barkerend Road, as a restaurant
A row of takeaways likened to “a strip at Blackpool” is to get one more restaurant after councillors gave the go-ahead. The panel agreed to let an accountant’s office in Albion Road, Idle, be changed into a takeaway, despite a ward councillor’s
Two masked robbers who ambushed a terrified Scottish couple at gunpoint after luring them 600 miles to Bradford to buy a car advertised on the internet have received prison sentences totalling more than 16 years. Drug dealer Sajid Hussain, who
The head teacher who has overseen Ilkley Grammar School’s transformation to an academy is to retire after 12 years in the role. Gillian James, 60, has announced she is to retire as head of the successful school on Cowpasture Road, following a 38
A bookshop owner in Saltaire has urged people to support local businesses after taking to Facebook to reveal his “despair” at plummeting sales. David Ford issued an urgent plea for customers on the social media website after his shop took only
The Division Four title race looks set to be the closest of all in the Bradford Table Tennis League, with the top three teams taking it in turns to lead the way. Only three points separate Rastrick, Laisterdyke B and Hermits G, with every set proving
Otley town councillors will vote on the proposed new budget for 2014-15 next week. The policy and resources committee will also debate the new feasibility study that has been produced for the Civic Centre when it meets at the Otley Core Resource
Pub chain and brewer Greene King, which has several local hostelries, toasted record festive sales figures, boosted by takings of more than £3 million on Christmas Day alone. The group, whose brands include Hungry Horse, Old English Inns and Loch
Children will get the chance to enjoy some messy creative art techniques this weekend. Mark Making, which will include blowing ink through straws and using sponges to create a landscape picture, will be the theme of Art Stars at Otley Courthouse on
Yorkshire Cricket Board cricket development managers Steve Archer and Ian Powell have jointly won the Institute of Groundsmanship’s West Yorkshire branch merit award for 2013. The award was presented to Powell by branch secretary Rod Heyhoe, at
A Bradford head teacher has attacked the Benefits Street TV programme – describing it as unfair on the “white working class”. David Jones said the makers of the controversial Channel 4 show would “find themselves in a court of law” if it had portrayed
Defender Matthew Bates has signed a contract to keep him at Bradford City for the rest of the season. He has played 14 games for the Bantams since joining them in October.
Catherine Wilson has been appointed an employment partner based at the Bradford office of law firm Schofield Sweeney. Formerly at Eversheds, Catherine has joined from leading London and South-East firm Thomas Eggar, where she was head of employment
Otley householders could see their parish precept slashed by 17 per cent. The big cut in the town council budget will be proposed by the Labour group – and follows a 25 per cent hike last year. That increase saw band D householders paying an
A business leader has welcomed completion of work to upgrade broadband connections for more than 44,000 homes and businesses. BT engineers have completed upgrade work in Bradford city centre, Horton Bank, Queensbury and Laisterdyke, the company
Otley Athletic Club is aiming to help anyone who made a New Year resoution to get fit. The club’s beginners running group, which meets at 6.15pm at Otley Cricket Club each Tuesday, is keen to welcome new members. Co-ordinated by a qualified leader
A village community scheme to exploit the environmental potential of disused, neglected plots of land will stage another meeting next month. People are invited to attend the Haw-Earth project meeting in Parkside Social Club, Butt Lane, Haworth,
Horsforth Farmers Market will resume in February after a New Year break. The market takes place from 9am to 12.30pm on the first Saturday of each month except January. It is held at St Margaret’s Primary School Car Park.
Thousands of new construction and sales jobs will be created this year by a leading housebuilder which plans to develop 11 new sites in West Yorkshire as the Government’s Help to Buy Scheme continues to fuel demand for homes. New sites will include
Keighley town centre’s World Peace Cafe is on the hunt for volunteers. The cafe, which is in Lawkholme Crescent, is interested in hearing from anyone who fancies learning barista skills while helping others at the same time. Prospective volunteers
Plans are being put in place to help tackle a catering skills shortage in the Bradford area. The National Apprenticeship Service, working in partnership with local colleges and employers, is looking to develop an initiative to attract more people
Some things still survive from 1829 when the first university boat race was contested at Henley-on-Thames (Oxford won) and the Metropolitan Police Force was established by Sir Robert Peel, who is locally commemorated by Peel Park at Undercliffe.
After boosting both profits and passenger numbers, bosses at Leeds-Bradford Airport are planning more investment in facilities and expansion of services in 2014. The Yeadon hub, owned by private equity group Bridgepoint, is looking to build on
Airedale Male Voice Choir, conducted by Steeton man John Smith, will be in action next weekend. Formed in March 1997 by Mr Smith and accompanist Ken Brook, the choir has a maximum of 50 members. Its repertoire ranges from Mozart and McCartney
Students at Parkside School in Cullingworth are staging a version of the classic tale “Sleeping Beauty”, with a modern twist. The pupils are putting on performances from Tuesday to Thursday next week (Jan 21-23), at the school, with doors opening
A 50-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage and assaulting two police officers after a disturbance in Bradford. Police were called to a house in Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, last Saturday after officers had received reports of a drunk
An ornamental milk churn, with great sentimental value, was stolen from the rear garden of a house. It was taken from a property in Brindley Court, Skipton, at about 12.30pm on Friday. The aluminium churn had Settle Creamery stamped on it and the
Bradford-based IT consultancy Cloud2 is providing a Microsoft-based system developed to reduce the use of paper and increase shared information within organisations to East Midlands Ambulance Service. The company, based in Bradford Wool Exchange
Darren Toms has been appointed client services director of the insolvency insurance services division of chartered surveyors Eddisons, who have an office in Bradford. Mr Toms, 38, has more than ten years’ experience in the insolvency industry,
Local entrepreneurs with big ideas have been urged to hurry up if they want to take advantage of start-up funding which runs out in March. The Rising Stars growth programme, run by Bradford Council and Bradford Chamber of Commerce, was launched
Bradford College has earned a national award for pioneering virtual learning for pharmacy qualifications after more than 60 years of delivering courses in a traditional setting. The college won an inaugural NEF Innovation Award for best example
City must wait a further three weeks to see if they will have to cough up for Mark Stewart. The Court of Arbitration for Sport have put back the deadline for their ruling from this Saturday to Friday, February 7. The decision to extend it -
Keighley man Steve Hart has been appointed to the board of Airedale Springs. His promotion from technical manager to production director at the Haworth firm virtually mirrors the career of his late father John, who also worked for the company and became
Acropolis Hotels, which runs Cedar Court Hotels, including one in Bradford, said it will continue to invest after business improved slightly in 2013. Kevin Henry, group managing director, said the improvement in business was due to both corporate
Small firms in Bradford have been urged to access a new training and development programme to improve skills and employment opportunities. The Response Programme has been launched to help firms across the Leeds City Region, which includes Bradford
Bradford Council has rubber-stamped a plan to spend a £23 million tax-back pot earned by Incommunities’ on jobs, homes and regeneration projects. Under a decade-old agreement, whenever the social housing group spent money bringing its properties
Police have seized a quad bike in Yeadon following complaints about it being used anti-socially. The bike was taken from Henshaw Lane and its rider has also been reported for driving it on a road without a licence.
Bestselling novelist Jessica Blair has set part of ‘her’ latest book in Keighley. The Lincolnshire-born heroine of A Tapestry of Dreams, set in the 1850s, marries the owner of a Keighley mill. What makes the author unusual in the world of historical
Discount grocers Aldi and Lidl dramatically increased their market share over the Christmas period as £1 in every £14 in grocery spending went to the two retailers. They took a 7.1 per cent share over the 12 weeks to January 5 compared to 5.8 per
Dixon’s Butchers in Addingham will close its doors for the final time at noon on Saturday, February 1, after 130 years of trading. The original shop, ‘Dixon & West’, opened in 1884 and became J Dixon & Sons between the First and Second
A craft fair in Otley this month will have a Valentine's Day theme. Otley Courthouse’s monthly Designer Craft Fair takes place from 9.30am to 1pm on Sunday, January 26. As well as its usual selection of designer goods created by the stallholders
Films by two Bradford University- trained animators are to feature in the British Animation Awards Public Choice screenings. The films both feature in the first of three separate programmes to be screened at the National Media Museum on January
Residents in part of Keighley are being invited to support their community by going into business. People in the town’s Bracken Bank area will be shown how to become the “next big thing” at an information session on Friday on the estate. Bracken
Rotarians are hoping to welcome new members this month. The Rotary Club of Otley Chevin is holding a new members evening at the Chevin Country Park Hotel on Monday, January 27. Active at both local level and with overseas projects, the group meets
SIR – For many of us there have been indulgences over Christmas with a little too much food and not enough exercise. The first few months of the New Year are a time for getting things back on track – eating more healthily and taking more exercise.
SIR – I tend to agree with Philip Coote (Letters, January 9). By far too much government funding is put aside for the purpose of legal aid, and on many occasions that funding is put to use which is detrimental to the well-being of our country.
SIR – Recently it was announced that a commemorative £2 coin is to be issued by the royal mint marking the First World War. The main image planned replicates part of the poster featuring Lord Kitchener (pictured) calling on young men to respond
SIR – Following last Tuesday’s helicopter crash at a military base in Norfolk killing four soldiers, I was left with one question in my mind – why are there US military bases in this country? The US has around 1,000 bases across the globe situated
SIR – May I through your letters page thank the people of Keighley and district for their generosity when Keighley Lions Club took Father Christmas on his sleigh around the area. May I also thank Colin Appleyard and his driver for their service
SIR – In the current climate of concern about the NHS, services in Bradford can still deliver five-star treatment. From my local GP’s surgery, consultant and his team, nurses and all staff on BRI Ward 5 on Friday, January 10, and Ward 20 on Saturday
SIR – Despite having no “political ambitions” (Letter of Alan Walsh, January 13), I canvassed Baildon to see if its inhabitants wanted a Parish Council. The legally requisite number voted in favour. Far from being a “further unnecessary tier of
Cleckheaton Cricket Club is hoping its St Valentine’s Day theme night goes with a bang. Whitney Houston tribute act Hayley-Ria Christian will help things along with two sessions on Friday, February 14. The ‘soul diva’, who was trained at the
More than half of people in Yorkshire believe family life is harder than it was 20 years ago, according to a new poll. In a YouGov poll of 2,000 people, commissioned by the charity 4Children, 61 per cent of people in the region say public services
25 years ago: Firefighters were forced to evacuate five people from their back-to-back terraced homes on Ventnor Street, Bradford, after gale-force winds blew down connecting walls between the properties. 50 years ago: Jimmy Scoular, Bradford Park
The issue of food hygiene is increasingly a concern, and Consumer Association figures showing Bradford Council is not performing particularly well when it comes to inspecting premises in the district will cause some alarm. It is understandable
In May 26 the National Theatre’s stage version of War Horse, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, starts a two-week run at the Alhambra. The play, which uses life-size puppets, depicts the touching story of young Albert and his horse Joey and
A woman suffered neck injuries in a car crash near Tesco on Valley Road, Bradford, this morning. The incident happened just after 8am and involved two vehicles. Police do not believe the injuries to the 23-year-old woman were life threatening.
TRICIA PLATTS, secretary of the Bradford World War I Group focuses on the brave men of the Bradford Territorials who faced the horrors of the Western Front and gave their lives for their country and fellow soldiers The awarding of a Victoria Cross
Keighley people are being asked for their views on a proposed adventure playground in the town. The plan is to provide a massive play area similar to the Big Swing adventure playground in Eccleshill. EAP, the charity that runs the playground
An Aire Valley engineering firm, which is seeing strong demand for both its manufacturing and distribution operations, is putting down roots in key overseas markets to help it win more business. Silsden-based Advanced Actuators Ltd achieved a 40
Bradford Council’s leader has criticised the time it has taken to produce a report into a rise in winter deaths. The number of people dying in cold and wintry conditions in the district has now reached a 12-year high. Council leader Councillor
A poem by one of Britain’s favourite poets celebrating the history of Saltaire will soon go on display in the village. The World Heritage Site was a runner-up in the Academy of Urbanism Great Neighbourhood Awards in November when the organisation
If you like a good thriller, this play is for you. A good thriller should have both comedic moments and moments that shock. The audience at this production were alternately jumping and gasping throughout, then laughing out loud. Writer Ira
Bradford College has won two grants to run projects that promote cycling and walking to their students and staff. One grant will allow the college to host an ‘Active Travel Street Party’ in May. Carlton Street will be transformed into a ‘green
Classic vampire movie Nosferatu, accompanied by live music on the organ, is being shown at 7pm at Bradford Cathedral on Friday, January 24, to boost the organ fund. Tickets are available from Bradford Cathedral on (01274) 777720 or email choir@
An audiologist at Airedale General Hospital has received recognition in a national competition for the fifth year in a row. Alan Walshaw, who cares for those with hearing difficulties, has received another certificate of commendation in recognition
Voluntary groups in Keighley will next month hear about the impact of public spending cuts on youth services. The subject will be addressed by the first meeting of Keighley and Ilkley Communities Forum. The speaker at the first meeting will
The next public meeting of the Burley Le Tour Partnership takes place on Thursday, January 23 when there will be only 164 days to the Tour de France pounding through Burley-in-Wharfedale. Burley Parish Council clerk Ian Orton said: “We already
Housing minister Kris Hopkins made a fact-finding visit to a leading housing support agency to see at first hand the success of a scheme to bring empty homes back into use. Keighley-based Keyhouse renovates the houses then rents them to people
The most noticeable feature of the wild, wet and windy winter weather has been the part played by the sea, with remarkable pictures of seaside promenades being pounded by water and rocks, followed by flooding. The main problem seems to be that
Fire crews were called to Low Bradley last night after an animal incinerator set a building on fire. Engines from Skipton and Silsden attended the blaze, on Jacksons Lane outside of Skipton, which was caused when the incinerator overheated, at
Two Bradford paperboys were recognised for their devotion to duty by being crowned Telegraph & Argus deliverers of the year last night. Tom Wood, 16, and Ryan Softley, 14, received bikes courtesy of our competition sponsors, the National Federation
Two brothers have been ordered to pay more than £5,000 each in fines and costs after hygiene problems were uncovered at a Bradford takeaway they own. Muhammad Farooq, 27, and Muhammad Waqas, 24, both of Redcliffe Street in Keighley, admitted 17
Super-fast broadband has gone live in Bradford city centre, Horton Bank, Queensbury and Laisterdyke, BT announced yesterday. Thousands of homes and businesses now have access to the technology – and this figure will increase to more than 44,000
A Keighley record company has released a single to raise money for Parkinson’s disease charities. Bosses at 48-inch Records are among DJs who have done remixes of the song Kilimanjaro. Proceeds will go to Funding Neuro and Wobbly Williams, sister
People don’t often need to be told how to queue for a bus. But transport bosses have taken the unusual step of installing instructions at controversial new ‘supershelters’ which were criticised for baffling passengers. Transport authority Metro
More than £136 million is expected to be raised in business rates next year across the Bradford district. Of this cash, half can be kept in the local area under a new Government business rate retention scheme introduced last year. Bradford
Bradford East MP David Ward has signed an amendment to the Care Bill that would protect the 2,000 vulnerable people in Bradford who will lose their social care due to council cuts. Mr Ward (Lib Dem) has signed amendment 37 sponsored by Paul Burstow
Jamie Foster insists he has no intentions of leaving the Bulls – and has never even contemplated the prospect. The winger has attracted interest from London Broncos as they begin filling their squad, and Hull KR have also been linked with the 23
Former captain Anthony McGrath is returning to Yorkshire to work in a new mentoring role with age group teams through to the first team. The Bradford-born all-rounder, who retired at the end of the 2012 season, will be back at the club in a consultancy
The Bulls today announced the renewal of a long-standing partnership with Coral Windows & Conservatories on a one-year extension. The deal takes the association with the Bradford-based window and conservatory firm past the ten-year mark.
A new scanner which gives patients at Bradford Royal Infirmary instant pictures of their liver damage could save lives by giving people a shock incentive to make healthy changes. The Fibroscan liver machine cost £85,000 and is being used by Bradford
A Bradford school will take its pupils over the rainbow – thanks to a £4 million, state-of-the-art new building. Rainbow Primary free school officially opened an extension yesterday that will allow it to take on up to 525 pupils. The Lord Mayor
A dad-of-one from Idle has raised money for a children’s charity by climbing 522 steps over 32 floors in just four minutes and 47 seconds. Jamie McDougall, who is 38 and works at a car clinic, took part in the Great Yorkshire stair climb at Bridgewater
City are optimistic about bringing in a new striker before Saturday - whether it’s Aaron Mclean or not. The Hull forward is still the number one target as the club continue to sift through the attacking options on the market. A “proven” frontman
A main road in Scholes, near Wyke, will remain closed to traffic until Friday evening after a pipe burst. Scholes Lane was shut at 6pm on Tuesday following the burst early in the afternoon. Yorkshire Water engineers are on site to carry out
Bradford Council is the 16th worst local authority in the country for keeping on top of food hygiene enforcement, according to research issued by a consumer watchdog. Which? looked at 395 local authorities in the UK and, using some of the latest
The Princess Royal was toasted with a commemorative ale during a visit to a Shipley brewery. Saltaire Brewery produced the Celebration Ale to mark yesterday’s royal visit, during which Princess Anne officially opened the firm’s new fermentation
A solicitor died saving two girls from drowning off a holiday beach in Goa, India, only hours before she was due to fly back to the UK from a Christmas break, an inquest in Bradford was told yesterday. Chetna Nathasingh, 47, managed to keep the
A 65-year-old man struck a prolific burglar with a golf club as he escaped from an upstairs window clutching watches and a gold bracelet. Plucky Frank Lamb attacked heroin addict Stuart Dunn after catching him raiding his home in Redcar Road, Ravenscliffe
A Keighley man took part in a charity mercy mission to help two million refugees in Syria. Abdul Ahad, 31, a trustee of Al-Imdaad Foundation UK, has returned from the war-ravaged country where he was involved in a massive project to supply the
Patients in Bradford are frustrated by the varying standards of GP and dental care across the district, Healthwatch Bradford and District has found. The organisation has published a report about what people think about their local services and
An MP from the district has spoken out after a documentary detailing life on benefits showed claimants smoking “copious amounts of cigarettes” and watching Sky programmes on widescreen televisions. Shipley MP Philip Davies pointed out that many
