Review: Edward Scissorhands The Alhambra WHEN an eccentric inventor sets about creating a boy using odds and ends of his workshop, there begins a potentially touching father-and-son relationship, albeit with dodgy ethical leanings. But
DANNY Williams has had his charge of 'Grade C' repeated punching downgraded and, as a result, will only miss this weekend's game against Featherstone Rovers - as part of a one-match ban. Taking Williams' past record into account, the Rugby Football
A NEW project is to be set up in Bradford to "recruit and retain outstanding school leaders", according to Council leader David Green. The Council would be investing £660,000 over three years in the scheme, which would see the University of Bradford
BOWLS clubs have welcomed a re-think on controversial cuts to their sport. Bradford Council had planned to hand the responsibility for the maintenance of bowling greens over to clubs, a suggestion which provoked angry demonstrations. Bowlers
COUNCIL bosses are planning a U-turn over cuts to Ilkley Literature Festival. The authority looks likely to reinstate £11,000 of annual funding in response to a major public campaign. The axing of the funding had been agreed by councillors
AN INDEPENDENT study will look at whether the number of councillors in Bradford could be cut. Bradford Council's Labour leaders are to set up an independent commission to review the role of councillors and the numbers required. The authority's
9:42pm CITY left it too late to prevent a fourth away defeat of the season at third-placed Swindon tonight. The Bantams were not at the races in a one-sided first half and went in two down at the break, both goals coming
BRADFORD Council will soon pay all its staff the 'living wage' as a minimum, its leader has announced.The move will give a pay rise to more than 2,000 of the authority's lowest-paid staff, including gardeners, cleaners, cooks, security guards, drivers
A STATE-of-the-art hair and beauty school at Bradford College was opened by one of the world's top hair stylists. Patrick Cameron spent much of today in the college's £50 million David Hockney Building, which is the new home of the hair and beauty
ODSAL Sedbergh's long wait for Pennine League Championship Division win has finally came to fruition.They notched a 40-8 home victory over Brotherton Bulldogs, having only led 12-8 at the break following touchdowns from centre Rob Priestley and prop Steve
BRADFORD City co-chairman Julian Rhodes today reassured season ticket holders they will still be able to get tickets for the club's FA Cup quarter-final. Thousands of fans queued up outside Valley Parade on Sunday to secure their seats for the
BRADFORD'S Sam Thornton picked up two medals during the British Gas Diving Championships in Plymouth.The City of Leeds member from Baildon won silver in the men's one-metre springboard and bronze in the three-metre synchro.Jack Haslam (City of Sheffield
DEBBIE Charlton's funeral will take place at 12.30pm on Friday, March 6 at Grove Methodist Church, Town Street, Horsforth. It will be followed by a cremation at Rawdon Crematorium (close family only) followed by a gathering at Odsal to celebrate
BULLS scrum half Harry Siejka will be banned for the next two matches after submitting an Early-Guilty Plea for a Grade C reckless strike during the Championship opener at Leigh. The Australian caught Centurions forward Sam Barlow and has pleaded
AN ANTI-BLOODSPORTS campaigner has been fined by magistrates after admitting he disrupted grouse shooting on Bingley and Morton Moor. Luke Steele, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of obstructing people engaged in a lawful activity by trespassing on land
West Bowling 46, Wyke 20 LOOSE forward Richard Lumb posted a key hat-trick to fire West Bowling into the semi-finals of the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup at the expense of plucky Wyke at Emsley's Rec. Bowling showed their Pennine League
POLICE have released this e-fit of a sex pest they are hunting in Bradford. A 26-year-old woman was walking along Sydenham Place, Undercliffe, when a man indecently exposed himself to her. He was believed to be Asian, in his late teens to early
A GUIDED history walk around areas of Haworth sets off at 10.30am from Haworth visitor centre at the top of Main Street, Haworth on Wednesday, March 11. Free entry. For more information call 01535 645735.
A SHOPPING centre boss is putting his weight behind a new Manorlands fundraising venture. Steve Seymour, manager of Keighley’s Airedale Centre, is shedding pounds to coin-in cash for the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice. “I’m aiming for a slimmer
VILLAGERS are objecting to controversial plans to build 50 homes at a greenfield site. Retired Glusburn farmer Harry Ingham is seeking planning permission to build 50 homes on land off Main Street in Sutton-in-Craven, opposite Sutton Cricket Club
GAS mains work could bring up to eight weeks of disruption to the A65 through Ilkley, starting this Thursday. Northern Gas Networks has apologised in advance to the community for any disruption caused when two-way traffic lights are set up on 150
A FORMER Bradford City player has appeared in court, charged with possession of cocaine with intent to supply. John Owen Morrison, 33, whose address was given as Norburgh Park, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, faces five charges including possession
KEIGHLEY town councillors have voted to continue with their current system of pre-selecting candidates to be their next mayor and deputy mayor. At their latest full meeting they were asked to consider whether this method would be appropriate for
PLANNERS are being asked for consent to create two new homes from a pair of old barns, including a Listed building. Under the scheme, two homes would be created from the existing barns, which are on an elevated site at Lower Swain Royd Farm, off
DETECTIVES say people should be “rightly shocked” after a 93-year-old pensioner was manhandled by three men who broke into his home and forced him to sit on a chair. The trio ransacked the man’s home stealing cash and bank books in the incident
A TEAROOM is serving up a selfie charity challenge. Customers at Lavender Fields, in Keighley, are being invited to take photos of themselves on their mobile phones. Participants get money off, with match funding being donated to charity.
A WEEKLY workshop for elderly residents will next be held in Keighley on Friday. Surviving the Experience of Getting Old is at Central Hall, Alice Street, between 10am and noon. The workshop offers advice on a range of issues including wills
A LAW firm has chosen Manorlands as its charity of the year. Schofield Sweeney will raise money for both the Oxenhope hospice and its sister Sue Ryder centre in Leeds, Wheatfields. Staff at the company plan to take part in a wide range of activities
BRADFORD Festival Choral Society is taking part in a “come and sing” event later this month. Its members are preparing for a concert in March when they will be conducted by composer and TV personality Howard Goodall. To help them prepare they
BUSES past and present will be on display during a double-header open day in Keighley this spring. People will be able to visit both Keighley Bus Museum and Transdev’s Keighley bus depot on April 26. Vintage buses driven by volunteers will
A BRADFORD storage business has come to the rescue of a charity that desperately needed more space to keep up its good work. When Steven Sunter, assistant manager at The Store Room in Beckside Road, read a Telegraph & Argus article about the
POLICE seized 180 cannabis plants from two separate addresses in Bradford last night. Officers discovered about 100 plants at an address in Marshfields Place, Little Horton, after executing a warrant at about 7.45pm. Police then found about
UPDATES on the work of the British Lung Foundation will be given at a meeting of Breathe Easy Aire Valley. Mark Pilling and Marie Anderson, from the foundation, will address the meeting on Wednesday, March 4, at the Hub, Stone Street, Steeton,
BRADFORD British Heart Foundation’s furniture and electrical store is appealing for unwanted household goods, such as sofas, beds, dining tables, wardrobes and TVs. Charity area manager Jenny Watts said: “If each household spent half an hour having
POLICE have warned drivers against putting devices on their vehicles to jam speed cameras after a motorist was jailed for two months. Nigel Stephenson was jailed at Bradford Crown Court for perverting the course of justice by a judge who also banned
A PAIR of cafes in Keighley Market Hall plan to dive into the spirit of Comic Relief next month. Adam’s Market Pantry and Adam’s Cafe will both raise cash for the good cause on Friday, March 13, and want as many people as possible to support their
A FESTIVAL to raise awareness about mental health issues that many students suffer from has been held in the University of Bradford. Headival was organised by the Student Union to mark University Mental Health Day, and students were invited to
WHEN a new baby arrives, there’s no instruction manual for parents. Every day is a learning curve and that is part of the incredible journey new parents embark on. But thanks to the NSPCC’s ante-natal programme, Baby Steps, there is help where
ONE of the simple pleasures of childhood is pretending to gallop on a horse. As a child I often “galloped” around the garden clicking my tongue to make a hoof-clattering noise, with the hood of my coat invariably hanging off my head to create the effect
TWO Keighley men were arrested on suspicion of committing drug-related offences. The men, aged 22 and 26, were detained by officers after they were stopped in a car in Braithwaite Avenue on Sunday. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said
DISCOVERING your child is self-harming can spark a cluster bomb of emotions, and for many parents, the first worry is about suicide. “Parents are often very frightened, they think their child is going to kill themselves,” says Daphne Joseph, who
THE sound of clattering and banging in the background is indicative of Leighton Denny’s next project. His interest in property developing prompted the purchase of a former car showroom which has been demolished and transformed into his dream home
ARM yourself for the new season with an on-trend bag. Katie Wright sizes up spring’s essential styles. With new drops landing in stores at a rate of knots, and sub-zero temperatures starting to subside, we’re right on the cusp of the spring transition
THE Princess Royal is visiting an international military uniform specialists in Haworth. Princess Anne was greeted by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Roger L’Amie and Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council chairman John Huxley
FIND out how to measure your Body Mass Index at a weekly session in Bradford. Good Food Advice Stall – Health Trainers will next be held at Oastler Market, John Street, on Friday between 9.30am and 12.30pm. The NHS Health Trainer Service will
KEIGHLEY’S town mayor will not stand for re-election as a councillor in May. Graham Mitchell, a founding member of Keighley Town Council who represents Oakworth ward, said he would be stepping down after 13 years’ service. He stressed he made
AGENCIES supporting the elderly in Bradford have reacted to an independent report stating that the elderly are receiving unacceptable levels of care from the NHS, with hospitals being given financial incentives for ‘bed blocking’. The investigation
FOUR Bradford men accused of riding motorcycles dangerously have had the cases against them dropped at Bradford Crown Court. The Crown Prosecution Service yesterday offered no evidence against Jake Fry-Morrell, 21, of Stone Hall Road, Eccleshill
FIREFIGHTERS in West Yorkshire will stage another 24-hour stoppage from tomorrow morning in the national dispute over a pension scheme their union describes as “unworkable”. The strike starts from 7am and is the first to take place during 2015,
SIR - Thanks for your recent coverage of child care in Bradford which must be of concern to many people in Bradford, even if theirs have grown up. We would not like to think a Rotherham exists here I’m sure. I am though somewhat concerned that
COMMUNITIES across Bradford are asked to show their support for servicemen and women by holding Armed Forces Day celebrations. Armed Forces Day will take place on June 27 this year, with a major national event to be held in Guildford, Surrey. At
CHILDREN across Bradford’s schools are being encouraged to done red noses and make a spectacle of themselves for the upcoming Comic Relief fundraiser. The people of Bradford have helped make the campaign, held in March every second year, a huge
THE Bradford Chorale is to perform works by Mozart, which were composed when he was just ten years old. The Missa Solemnis in C Minor KV139 was written by Mozart as a child for the consecration of the orphanage church in Vienna. The concert
VACANT floors in a city centre mill have been earmarked as a possible conference area and cafe. Heaton-based Map Estates has applied for permission to carry out the work on the first and second floor of Eastwood Works on Eastwood Street in Bradford
HEADTEACHERS would receive business and leadership coaching under Labour plans aimed at raising standards and improving management of multi-million pound school budgets. Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt is to unveil proposals which include
A REFURBISHMENT contract at the University of Bradford is among business won by the recently opened Yorkshire office of building, civil engineering and structural steelwork contractor Britcon which increased trading by 17 per cent in 2014. The
VOLUNTEERS and stallholders are being urged to sign up for this year’s Baildon Carnival, which will be a celebration of the Rugby World Cup. This will be the second year of the popular event after its re-birth, and the aim is to make it bigger
AN ALLEGED drink driver was caught by police following a tip off and is expected to face court. Officers were told a suspected drink driver was about to leave a pub near Oakworth village. Officers in a plain car put his vehicle under surveillance
A BRADFORD businessman whose company is growing internationally has become the 40th ambassador for a campaign to boost Yorkshire's overseas trade by £1.6 billion. Kris Szajdzicki, founder and managing director of ND Metering Solutions on Bolton
POSTAL workers at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford will be trained to spot victims of scam mail schemes. The national Scams and Fraud Education for Residents (SAFER) Project is a three-year Big Lottery-funded scheme. It educates older adults
A 47-YEAR-OLD woman has pleaded guilty to robbing a pensioner in his home. Carla Range, of Carlton Court, West Bowling, Bradford, will be sentenced on April 7. She admitted robbing the 87-year-old man of £40 on August 29 last year. Range pleaded
BRADFORD College’s work with students and their future employers has led to it being shortlisted for two national awards. Staff at the college are nominated for the TES FE Awards for Employer Engagement and Outstanding Contribution to a Subject
A NEIGHBOUR who helped a 92-year woman in the aftermath of a gas explosion at her Bradford home has said it is a “blessing” she survived the blast. Nina Zdan was cooking in her kitchen on Dorset Street, Little Horton, when the gas oven exploded
BRADFORD District Care Trust has scored among the top marks nationally in the annual NHS staff survey. According to results for 2014, the trust has performed “significantly better” than the national average for staff motivation, annual appraisals
THE mother of a promising multi-disability swimmer has spoken of fears that cuts in Bradford’s competitive swimming programme could mean her 16-year-old daughter misses out on a shot at the next Paralympics or Commonwealth Games. Danielle Bailey
TWO familiar faces are returning to Undercliffe Cricket Club in Bradford tomorrow. Nicki Allan, who was Jazz Yorkshire Vocalist of the Year in 2011 and won its website of the year award the following year, will provide the songs, and will be accompanied
COLIN Graves will serve as England and Wales Cricket Board chairman for the next five years. The ECB today confirmed Graves' election, succeeding Giles Clarke, along with a raft of constitutional changes. The 67-year-old Yorkshire chairman
A TELEGRAPH & Argus reporter and photographer watched drivers at the junction of Wakefield Road and Croft Street in Bradford city centre to see if any were using their mobile phones. Despite the junction being one of the busiest in the city
A COUNCILLOR has described being chosen as the next Lord Mayor of Bradford as a “dream come true”. Councillor Joanne Dodds, a community worker who has represented Great Horton on Bradford Council since 2006, has been selected by the Labour Group
AN EXCITING time in Bradford's history is set to be brought to life with a special event spotlighting the year 1851 - as the city hit the heights of industrial prosperity. Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society, along with Bradford Family
REGULARS at Clayton’s Black Bull pub were challenged to grow a moustache for cash and raised £820 for Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale. Landlady Cal Bell said the money would go in the fundraising pot that so far had made £13,239 for the
TWO part-time apprenticeships are available for 16-19-year-olds who live in the BD4 postcode area. They will specialise in music and media with a view to delivering workshops in youth and community settings. They are being offered by Positive Futures
INTERNET giant Google is heading to Bradford next month to host a free event to help local businesses learn how to use the web to boost business opportunities. The Google Juice Bar event will be held at the Midland Hotel on Friday March 13 from
MORE than 175 people have signed up to attend a networking event this week marking the first anniversary of an innovative business partnership. Yorkshire Enterprise Network (YEN) and the Telegraph & Argus launched the Bradford Means Business
YORKSHIRE First, the political party for the region, has unveiled its general election manifesto. The party pledges to make Yorkshire Day – August 1 – a bank holiday in the region and would create a Made in Yorkshire label to capitalise on its
SWINDON have been warned to get physical against the Bantams tonight.Boss Mark Cooper, who will have star midfielder Massimo Luongo back from a two-game absence, wants his side to stand up and be counted after three losses on the bounce.Cooper said: “
A FOOTBALL fan has been charged with posting offensive remarks on Facebook after allegedly making comments about the 1985 Bradford City fire disaster. Derbyshire Police said Chesterfield supporter Mark Randall would appear in court next month after
SIR - Apologies for the unavoidable delay in replying to John Appleyard’s assertion (T&A, Letters, February 12) that Ed Milliband’s father was not a Marxist but a working class plumber. In fact he attended at the London School of Economics (where
It means a fairer price for farmers abroad.” Karen Palframan describes the benefit of buying Fairtrade goods. “It can create a better life for farmers and whole communities. “It is something we are trying to promote in Bradford and make people
POLICE are appealing for information after a man in a van offered to pick up an 11-year-old girl in Shipley. The girl was walking along Leeds Road close to the junction with Cote Farm Lane, when a white van pulled up alongside her. The male
A THIRD man has been arrested following a fatal road crash in Bradford. Michael McDermott, 70, died when his mobility scooter was struck by a black Seat Leon as he crossed Leeds Road, near to Thornbury Avenue, Bradford, at around 12.45pm on Friday
Time to make politics publicly funded SIR - I have come to the conclusion that politics has become far too money orientated. (At the risk of stating the obvious). Politicians from all parties are more and more, career politicians rather than being
25 years ago: Bradford Council’s Tory ruling group announced £6.5 million of cuts as it unveiled its latest budget, including £1 million slashed from schools and colleges, one of a series of moves labelled as “political suicide” by the authority’s
DON’T expect Gary Liddle to turn tentative just because he’s walking a disciplinary tightrope.Liddle, the rock on which City’s midfield has been built this season, is one yellow card away from a two-match ban.A tenth booking tonight at Swindon and he
SIR - Work goes on, unceasingly, at the Tory social policy experimental laboratory under Dr Cameron, Nurse Duncan-Smith and Trainee Nurse Pickles, now proposing to cut any benefits paid to obese people. Yes, why not? Fat people deserve to be poorer
SIR - I’m not sure of John Appleyard’s point in “Supporting UKIP will put Tories in”, (Letters, February 17), but he is wrong in at least one respect. Nick Clegg did not “lie” about increasing Labour’s tuition fees. I personally doubt there is
SIR - The news that millionaire executives at private equity firms are avoiding up to £700 million a year in tax using a loophole that Chancellor George Osborne has repeatedly failed to close is shocking and will rightly concern most people who pay
LEE Gaskell is braced for a formidable challenge at Featherstone on Sunday but he believes the match is a golden opportunity for the Bulls to showcase their promotion pedigree. Featherstone have won two out of two so far this season and have signed
SHIPLEY College has been given the go ahead for a £357,000 refurbishment of a building in the centre of the Saltaire World Heritage site.Approval for the works to the Mill Building in Victoria Road has been granted by Bradford Council, and the project
SIR - The BBC have let Bradford City and the people of Bradford down once again in favour of showing the all Premiership FA Cup ties. The BBC should be made to pay back the licence fee to every licence fee payer in the Bradford post code area as not
JULIAN Rhodes has paid tribute to Phil Parkinson as he closes in on becoming City’s longest-serving boss for over half a century. Parkinson became one of only six Valley Parade managers to reach 200 games on Saturday and the first since Trevor
A SICKENED councillor is pledging action in the wake of the crash in which a popular pensioner was killed on his mobility scooter.Faisal Khan said he had been shocked at the scene of the horrific fatality in Laisterdyke last Friday.And with residents
THE Prime Minister has announced an £859 million investment in the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, the Royal Navy’s next generation frigate. It has been designed to replace the Type 23s with the aim of seeing the first vessel delivered to the Royal Navy
AN ONLINE petition against proposed funding cuts to a training programme for Bradford's top young swimmers has already gathered 750 signatures.The Bradford Council development scheme is under threat in its current form due to budget cuts, and the authority
NUMBERS of fines issued to motorists using hand-held telephones in Bradford have collapsed in the last two years despite the acknowledged safety risk to road users, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal today. Officers themselves blame the situation
CALLS were last night made for more evidence after a report suggested Muslims in Bradford who give money to charity could be being tricked into funding criminal or terrorist organisations. Police officers in West Yorkshire told researchers that
DIARIES of a Japanese prisoner of war will be shared at a family's farewell to the former soldier and local rugby stalwart who died aged 94.Stanley Pringle, who lived in Bierley, Bradford, never spoke much of his time in the prison camps as a young army
HELP for firms is "poorly communicated and confusing", an investigation by MPs warns today - a criticism echoed by business leaders in Bradford.The Government’s strategy comes under fire for having no fewer than 600 support schemes with different
DEVELOPERS are building only a tiny fraction of the social housing Bradford needs, according to figures published today. Last year, only 40 affordable homes were built across the district - six per cent of the number needed - according to the National
