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BUS services had to be diverted after a crash between two vehicles in Bradford. A blue Volkswagen Golf and a white van were involved in what appeared to be a head-on collision on Bolton Road after 6pm. The collision meant the road was blocked

WHEN the Bulls secured a four-year £1.2million sponsorship tie-up with the city's Provident Financial Group in November 2012, it was hailed as the biggest deal in Super League history.After the club were relegated last season, Provident could easily have

BOWMEN of the Aire Valley Archers have been given a £75,000 lottery grant to build a new clubhouse at their outdoor range.The archery club, which shoots outside at the St Ives Estate in Bingley and indoors in Keighley, has won funding from Sport England

THE number of patients admitted to hospitals in Bradford district rose by 2.5 per cent last year, according to a new report.In 2013/14, there were 191,482 admissions to hospitals across the area's three Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) - compared with

BENEFIT years were made for players like Rich Pyrah – cricketers who have not got near international recognition but have given their heart and soul to their county.There have been many beneficiaries at Yorkshire down the years but the former Cleckheaton

THE step-sister of wartime diarist Anne Frank has planted a commemorative tree in her honour in Bradford. Dr Eva Schloss, the honorary life president of the Anne Frank Trust UK, planted a chestnut tree in the grounds of Cartwright Hall in Lister

THE father of a murdered four-year-old boy is behind bars awaiting sentence for assault after seeking solace for his grief in alcohol, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Darren Turner, 24, whose son Riley was savagely killed by psychopathic ex-soldier

BRADFORD boxer Darren Tetley is hoping to make short work of his next ring outing at Doncaster on Saturday.Leicester-born opponent Luke Brassfield is listed at only 5ft 1in – giving the unbeaten Holme Wood fighter a ten-inch height advantage.Tetley, who

BRADFORD'S No 1 snooker side extended their Division One lead to eight points in the Yorkshire Inter-District League after a hard-fought 5-1 victory at Sheffield No 3.Wayne Cooper was behind by 40 points to Wayne Wootton but a superb snooker and clearance

TWO of Yorkshire's veteran teams were in County Championship action and had mixed fortunes at Draycott Table Tennis Centre in Derbyshire.The over-40s first team and the over-60s second team were both defending champions and the over-40s, who included

BINGLEY Bees bounced back from a heavy defeat the previous week to triumph 2-1 at home to City of York Fifths and gain three valuable points in their fight to avoid relegation.Both teams started brightly at Bradford Grammar School but it was not until

SEMI-final dates for the Bradford & District FA Saturday Challenge Cup at Eccleshill United FC are as follows:Monday, March 16, Bradford Horton Sports v Field (7.00); Monday, March 23, Campion v Wibsey (7.00).

Edward Scissorhands Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 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.

BRADFORD boxer Daniel Hirst admitted he only had one thought on his mind as he took gold on his final British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Championships appearance in Sheffield.Hirst missed out on the title two years ago but made sure

OLD Town secretary Neil Thwaites has received the Foster's Halifax League's sportsmanship award, which is voted for by the league's umpires. The 65-year-old has not only been playing since he was a junior in the early 1960s but also provides a

ALBION Sports under-eights might be putting a ban on Telegraph & Argus photographers covering their matches!They have only lost two games out of 16 this season in the Bradford & District Keybury League – but both have occurred when a T&A snapper has been

WESTWOOD Juniors under-12s are looking to recruit players for next season. Anyone interested must have played at Sunday morning league standard already. Call Jason on 07771-697218 for more details.

BRADFORD Referees' Association hold their first meeting of the year at Manningham Sports Complex (Campion FC headquarters) tomorrow at 7pm.

POLICE are appealing for information after a woman had liquid poured over her head during a robbery in a Bradford park. The 39-year-old was walking through Horton Park, at 11am on Tuesday, when she was pushed to the ground by a man. The victim

My View: Steve McManus, chairman, Bradford Property Forum AS incoming chairman of the Bradford Property Forum , I apologise now for rants and ramblings over the next two years. In columns to come, you’ll sense positivity, passion, hunger, anger

NOT just every working day but every job is different at Spooner Industries’ Ilkley factory. The 83-year-old business, originally called Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co, was established in 1932 by innovative engineer, William Wycliffe Spooner

A NEW ten-week course to prepare young people for retail careers has been launched in Bradford. Eleven 16-24 year-olds are taking part in the first local programme run by charity RetailTRUST. The charity is looking to place another 1,000 young

BUILDING society boss Chris Pilling wants the rules for switching current accounts changed to make it as easy as downloading an app onto a mobile phone. The chief executive of Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society is campaigning as the group

NORTHERN Gas Networks has become the first energy distributor to register its sites with the Considerate Constructors Scheme, an independent organisation founded by the construction industry to improve its image. NGN has registered its major projects

PAYDAY lender Wonga is set to cut 325 jobs under a “strategic refocus” of its consumer businesses. It launched an immediate consultation with staff at risk of redundancy. Chairman Andy Haste said Wonga will be smaller and less profitable as it

THE Chartered Institute of Management will stage its Northern conference and awards in West Yorkshire this summer. Speakers from Google and West Yorkshire bakery firm Warburtons will feature at the event at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, on June 24, which

MORE than a third of people over 50 are planning to take advantage of new pension freedoms from April to access additional funds from their pension pot at 55. The study, carried out by holiday letting specialist, holidaycottages.co.uk, found that of

LOCAL employers and workers are being offered free support by a local wellness expert following a controversial EU ruling on obesity and the workplace. David Procter, who runs Shipley & Saltaire Wellness Centre on Dockfield Road, has made the

MANY Yorkshire technology companies are expecting strong growth in 2015, according to findings by Barclays bank. Barclays’ Fast Growth Tech survey, which questioned owners and chief executives of UK technology firms showed that, on average, businesses

A FARMING family from Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire, stole the show on Craven Champions Day at Skipton Auction Mart by winning all but one of the main classes – and gaining a record price for one of their exhibits. The Walkers’ prize haul included

ACCOUNTANTS PwC hired a record number of graduates and higher apprentices in Yorkshire during 2014. They took on 79 graduates at regional offices, up from 58 last year, and ten higher apprentices in the region. Arif Ahmad, senior partner, Leeds

BEN Lamb, a former City and commercial property solicitor, has been promoted to partner at Bradford and Leeds law firm Gordons. Mr Lamb has experience in all aspects of commercial property law and a broad client base, including private and corporate

STAFF at the Leeds head office of independent stockbrokers Redmayne Bentley, which provides the Telegraph & Argus share information, raised more than £11,000 for St Gemma’s Hospice in a year of fundraising.

HUMAN resources consultant Emma Scott from East Morton was chosen from 1,400 staff at Skipton Building Society to win the organisation’s Trusted Colleague award. Emma, who has worked at the Skipton for four years, was nominated in the Society’s

THE boss of a Bradford-based Indian restaurant group has announced his ambition to open a string of new outlets between Yorkshire and London. Shabir Hussain, owner and managing director of Akbar’s, which has a chain of 13 wholly-owned venues, unveiled

ORGANISERS of a Bradford conference to help local firms cash in on the growing number of films being made in the district have attracted more than 70 delegates. As part of the Bradford International Film Summit, Bradford Breakthrough is staging the

IRISH airline Aer Lingus, which recently launched daily return flights between Leeds Bradford Airport and Dublin, has reported an “excellent” profit performance for 2014. Operating profits of £53 million were up 17.8 per cent on the previous year

AROUND 200 jobs have been created by Bradford-based lender Provident Financial Group at its new Satsuma online credit operation. The roll-out of Satsuma – designed to provide an alternative to payday lenders – has created pressure on space at Provident

NO-ONE should be surprised that An Inspector Calls, written by J B Priestley in 1945, is being revived by the BBC 70 years later. Drama Republic, a small independent film-maker is adapting Priestley’s stage play into a television film starring

BOLLYWOOD film stars don’t fade away, they come back to Bradford. When Samina Peerzada first came here in 1998, along with director Mahesh Bhatt, to take part in the now defunct Bite the Mango Film Festival at what was then the National Museum

POLICE are looking for a missing woman from Bradford.Sonia Kauser, of Horton Grange Road, Lidget Green, was last seen at Bradford Interchange Railway Station on Monday between 4pm and 5pm.She was wearing a beige and pink jumper, head scarf, white trousers

THEATRE director and choreographer Matthew Bourne took to Twitter this week to vent his spleen at the Oscars red carpet coverage, tweeting: ‘I wanna see stars arriving in limos with flashing cameras and crowd going wild. #OldSchoolGlamour’. I’m

SIR – While not wishing to challenge John Pashley’s perception of his own personal educational experience which he mentions (February 20) to justify “turning the clock back”, I think he is overlooking certain important aspects. I will mention just

SIR – While the wealthy and influential communities easily fight off any housing development in their locality with judicial reviews and the ever-popular mantra of build on brownfield sites not ours, developers have taken note. There are now proposals

SIR – My socialist friend won’t admit to errors even when they hit him in the face, (Letters, February 20). Rather than admit he was wrong in talking of a Lib-Dem/Tory coalition in City Hall, Christopher Hindle accuses Lib-Dem and Tory councillors

SIR – John Pashley (Letters, February 12) writes to castigate Bradford Council for demolishing the former Bolling School instead of using it to ease the city’s school place shortfall. Sadly, I don’t believe the 1930s building would serve as a modern

SIR – With regard to our leader worries about surge in flats building, they certainly do not worry in Leeds where so many Bradfordians in the city and throughout the Metropolitan district would rather visit for a day out, so much more to see and do

SIR – Just a line to say is there anyone else who contributes to your letters page apart from the “self ego” chorus who pour out the same rubbish every day? Is there not a difference of opinion apart from them who contribute to every day with the same

SIR – Congratulations to Bradford City on yet another great win! However, once again the poor state of the pitch was mentioned in many of the match reports. As this tends to demean the team’s performance can I suggest that now that they have a

SIR – So the spotting of a woman entering a compound on a Bingley Industrial Estate at 4:35am warranted the scrambling of the police helicopter (T&A, February 19)? Officers, both on the ground and in the air, found no-one. Words fail, other than

ACCORDING to literacy charity Beanstalk,19 per cent of Key Stage 2 pupils in Bradford don’t meet the required standard of Level 4 in reading and writing. This is worse than the national average of 12 per cent of students. Even more depressing when

A WOMAN is searching for her missing dog that disappeared earlier this month. Megan, a retriever, disappeared from the garden after being allowed out on the evening of Monday, February 9, said owner Alison Blackburn. She and husband Michael

25 years ago: Swansea City announced an intention to pursue compensation claims against Bradford City for the loss of manager Terry Yorath more than a year ago through the courts, as the Welsh club’s vice-chairman, Glyn Hammond, said: “If people think

PATIENTS in Bradford are being invited to have their say on local NHS services. A network of meetings will be held to give patient groups a chance to influence decisions and boost involvement. The meetings are being organised by NHS Bradford

A KEIGHLEY woman who regularly cycled around Europe has died at the age of 101. Dora Whitehead and her late husband Arnold for many years went on cycling holidays to countries such as Switzerland, Austria, Ireland and Italy. The pair, who did

MOST of us, by now, should know of the risks attached to taking drugs – they can cause severe health problems, even death, and taking them can bring even those who have no ill-effects to the attention of the law. Drugs ruin lives, it’s as simple

A NEW Wellbeing Cafe will take place in St Matthew’s Church Hall, Main Street, Wilsden on Wednesday, March 4, from 1.30pm. Organiser Hale, the local health promotion group, promises a social afternoon of music and entertainment for any older person

A BANNED driver stole a car, crashing it into vehicles, and drove at more than twice the speed limit in residential areas, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. Adam Coleman, 30, of Hendford Drive, Pollard Park, Bradford, drove off in a Volkswagen

THE funeral of Debbie Charlton (pictured), a former sponsorship and relationship manager at the Bradford Bulls, will take place next week. The 44-year-old was killed in a crash near Halifax on Valentine’s Day and a minute’s silence was held in

AN ENCHANTING dance production of movie favourite Edward Scissorhands is at Bradford’s Alhambra theatre this week until Sunday. The show, by acclaimed director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, and performed by his New Adventures dance company,

TEENAGE pregnancy rates are continuing to fall in Bradford. According to the latest Government figures, Bradford has the lowest rate for conceptions among under-18s in West Yorkshire. There was an average of 28.9 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged

A COMMUNITY arts project in Shipley is to start a new mental well-being scheme later this week. Hive was granted almost £200,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to start up Thrive, offering support for people living with mental health illness, aiming

LABOUR'S election campaign in Bradford West is in disarray after its newly-selected candidate quit after just four days. Amina Ali, who had only been selected to stand against Respect leader George Galloway on Saturday, announced she was standing

SOUTH Craven MP Julian Smith attended a British Heart Foundation event at Westminster aimed at supporting the protection of life-saving research. He joined patient Emily Sullivan, eight, for a science lesson, focusing on the importance of funding for

THE National AIDS Trust (NAT) is urging Bradford Council to tackle “chronically-high levels” of late-diagnosed HIV in the city. In Bradford, 54 per cent of people are diagnosed late – meaning they will have had HIV for at least four years. The

BRADFORD City co-chairman Julian Rhodes last night 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

A SMALL child accidentally started a fire in a Bradford house yesterday after playing with a cigarette lighter. Firefighters from Bradford station were called to Eastfield Gardens, Holme Wood, at about 4.50pm. A mum and her three children,

A MAN exposed his genitals at a group of teenagers and made lewd comments after they saw him urinating in Heckmondwike. Police called for information on the incident, which happened just off Northgate at 5.30pm on February 11. The man was white

PUPILS at Keighley’s Holy Family Catholic School added a splash of colour to their traditional non-uniform day, donning distinctive yellow hoodies as part of the build-up to this year’s school pilgrimage to Lourdes, southern France, in May. The

BUSINESSES are being urged to have their say as part of an initiative which could see over £1m pumped into Keighley town centre. The move is part of plans to create a so-called Business Improvement District (BID), which would cover an area stretching

TWO mean-spirited criminals were dealt with by police after admitting offending at the Santa’s Grotto in Bradford’s Kirkgate shopping centre, the West Yorkshire force has revealed. That was the only crime to affect such attractions in the county

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 passenger

A FOOTBALL fan is due to appear in court charged with making offensive remarks online after a match about the Bradford City Fire. Mark Randall, 45, was arrested at his home in The Vale, Pleasley, Mansfield, on suspicion of causing racially or religiously

A 28-YEAR-OLD will face drugs supply charges after police raided a property in Little Germany. The man was stopped and arrested by West Yorkshire Police’s Protective Services Department on Saturday as he drove a Mercedes along Hamm Strasse in Bradford

A WORLD-renowned graffiti artist who has spray painted at the Vatican inspired students at a Bradford school with a demonstration of his street art. Mohammed “aerosol” Ali showed Year Nine pupils at Oasis Academy Lister Park what can be achieved

A THIRD man arrested following a crash in which pensioner Michael McDermott died has been bailed. The 70-year-old’s mobility scooter was struck by a black Seat Leon as he crossed Leeds Road, near to Thornbury Avenue, Bradford, on Friday. Three

ELECTRICITY firms have been granted entry warrants to enter 39 properties in Bradford to install payment meters, cut off supplies or investigate electricity theft. Magistrates granted warrants allowing staff at British Gas, Npower and Scottish

POLICE are appealing for information after an armed robbery at a bookmakers in Mirfield. Three men raided the bookmakers on Huddersfield Road, one was armed with what is believed to be a handgun and the other two with hammers. The men took

A PRESENTATION is due to take place at a pub in Wibsey tonight after fundraising by folk group The Waggoners raised almost £450. The resident Wednesday folk group at The Park, in Reevy Road, carol sing at pubs in the area. This year they collected

A PRE-SCHOOL in Bradford is “outstanding” and run by an “inspirational” manager, according to education inspectors. Ofsted inspectors have judged First Steps Christian Pre-School in Bradford Road, Idle, outstanding in all categories following a

A 'HOME from home' hospital scheme in Bradford is in the running for a national award. The pioneering project managed by Horton Housing Association has been shortlisted in the UK Housing Awards (UKHA). Bradford Respite and Integrated Care and

A MOTHER, who deliberately drove at another woman after fighting with her in the street, has been jailed for nine months. Shantel Ullah, 29, had pulled Nadia Butt into the road by her hair and kicked her during the sustained assault, Bradford Crown

POLICE seized 180 cannabis plants from two separate addresses in Bradford. Officers discovered about 100 plants at an address in Marshfields Place, Little Horton, after executing a warrant on Monday. Police then found about 80 plants inside

ORGANISERS of this year’s Oakwell Music Festival are getting ready to rock. Already 20-plus bands are booked to play across three stages on Sunday, July 12, in the grounds of Oakwell Hall in Birstall. Last year (pictured) about 3,000 people

A DISABLED 70-year-old woman, who fleeced more than £32,000 of her vulnerable brother's pension money, has been jailed. Joan Gillhespey, who uses a walking frame, was allowed to remain seated in the dock as she was sentenced to eight months imprisonment

FIREFIGHTERS across the Bradford district are now on strike for 24-hours as a row continues over pension changes which their union describes as “unworkable”.Industrial action started at 7am and is the first stoppage this year, though there have been 48

FORMER Tesco executive David Potts has been appointed to succeed the ousted Dalton Philips as the new Morrisons boss, the company announced this morning. He will join the Bradford-based grocer which is fighting to recover from falling sales and

MOVES to revive Haworth fire station and bring it into community use have been given a boost. A senior fire officer says the service would prefer to see the closed station being used by the community - even though selling the property would raise

Swindon Town 2 Bradford City 1 FEBRUARY 24 is a date that will be forever etched in Bantams fans’ minds. But unfortunately, the second anniversary of their remarkable appearance in the Capital One Cup final could not be marked with a positive

IN-FORM Adam Sidlow believes competition for places is about to hot up – but the Bulls prop wants to continue playing big minutes.Sidlow has made an outstanding start to the season for Jimmy Lowes' men and cemented his place as a first-choice front-rower

A WAR of words has broken out after Ukip accused Bradford education chiefs of presiding over an increasingly poor education system for vulnerable youngsters.Jason Smith, the party's Bradford and District chairman, claims results for the worst-performing

PHIL Parkinson fears City might be too honest for their own good. The Bantams suffered only their third defeat in 21 games after going down 2-1 at Swindon last night. They recovered from an awful first half to hit back through Billy Clarke

MARTYN Moxon is confident that Colin Graves will not leave Yorkshire "in the lurch" when he takes up his new post as chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board in May.As expected, the current Yorkshire chairman was elected unopposed for

FARSLEY led 2-0 at the break in the Evo-Stik First Division North against second-placed Darlington 1883 last night and ran out winners but only by the odd goal after a second-half fight back. Adam Priestley opened the scoring when he converted

AUTHORITIES in Bradford could work together to introduce a ban on using legal highs in public after another city plagued with drug problems pioneered the idea yesterday. Lincoln has become the first local authority in the country to introduce a

Guiseley 1 Bradford Park Avenue 2 Bradford Park Avenue hauled themselves out of the relegation zone in the Vanarama Conference North when they upset the odds to win at high-flying neighbours Guiseley thanks to a last-minute goal from Richard Marshall

Brighton 2 Leeds United 0 LEEDS head coach Neil Redfearn refused to be too hard on his players after hopes of a sixth win in seven games were dashed at the Amex Stadium. Goals in each half from Sam Baldock and Inigo Calderon gave the Seagulls

A MINIBUS driver accused of being a multiple child rapist was arrested when the mother of an 11-year-old girl he is alleged to have sexually abusing posted messages about him on social media, a jury at Bradford Crown Court was told.Martin Hostler is on

A RUNAWAY rapist is now serving a 17 year jail sentence after appearing at Bradford Crown Court following his extradition from Italy. An international manhunt was mounted for 21-year-old Wakar Akhtar when he fled the country part-way through his

HIGHLIGHTS of the renowned 200-year-old archive of the Royal Photographic Society will be displayed at the National Media Museum from next month. The city centre venue looks after the world famous collection of 250,000 images, 31,000 books and

A WORLD-renowned graffiti artist who has spray-painted at the Vatican inspired students at a Bradford school with a demonstration of his street art. Mohammed ‘Aerosol’ Ali showed year nine pupils at Oasis Academy Lister Park what can be achieved

THE Princess Royal impressed staff at military uniform specialists Wyedean Weaving, Haworth, with her personal knowledge during a visit to celebrate the firm's 50th anniversary in the village.The Princess Royal was yesterday guided round the Bridgehouse

A BUSINESSMAN has been jailed for cheating police speed detectors by using a "jamming" device to block their signals. Nigel Stephenson had a gadget fixed to the front of his Jaguar which interfered with officers' hand-held speed guns . Bradford