A car linked to many crimes across West Yorkshire was seized by police today. The driver of the Peugeot was also arrested after officers from the roads policing unit (RPU) stopped the vehicle in Yeadon. Police said the car was uninsured and
IT HAS been some year for Jonny Bairstow in one-day cricket.A year ago, the Bradford-born Test wicketkeeper was a regular 12th-man in the one-day international side and forced to play a bit-part role as England's white-ball form improved.After breaking
BBC Broadcaster Steph McGovern is helping launch a new Skills Service at the Leeds City Region Skills Network’s annual conference next week with the aim of bringing businesses and training providers closer together.Organised by the West Yorkshire Consortium
AN OTLEY-BASED charity is celebrating receiving a £10,000 boost from a local supermarket.The town's Sainsbury's branch made Otley and District Talking Newspaper its charity of the year for 2017-18.Representatives from the store, which has been
THEY are at the sharp end of the industry.Hairdressers John and Katy Allen realised after a combined career of 77 years the lack of knowledge of the tools of their trade.With the expertise of a retired Japanese scissor-smith, the couple learnt the skill
THE children in your family may be a few years away from starting their working lives – but in many homes, youngsters have already started learning about the world of earning.New research shows how the ‘pocket money economy’ is a thriving part of family
AN afternoon tea was staged by Keighley Rotary Club in tribute to unpaid carers.Thirty-five guests enjoyed sausage rolls, pork pies and homemade scones, buns and cakes during the event, at Keighley Civic Centre, to mark Dementia Awareness Week.Many of
Telegraph & Argus, Tuesday, June 13, 1961:“For she’s a jolly good swimmer,” sang the men and women employees of a Bradford shirt-making firm when their colleague, Dorothy Perkins, conqueror of the English Channel went back to work. Presented with a bouquet
PEOPLE concerned about the future of a popular part of St Ives Country Estate, near Harden, have been invited to a public tour of the area.Andrew Cutts, assistant trees and woodland manager for Bradford Council, will be at Betty's Wood to guide people
BRADFORD will fall silent to mark the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster on Thursday.A minute’s silence will be held in Centenary Square at midday. The service will be attended by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Zafar Ali, and
A 69-YEAR-OLD man who has “significant mental health problems” has been handed a 12-month suspended jail sentence after breaching a restraining order three times.George Armstrong, of Langley Lane, Baildon, was warned that he would be jailed if he contacted
MORE THAN 100 visitors went to a local farm over the weekend for a free event that helped the public discover the hard work behind many everyday products.Milnerfield Farm, Bingley, opened its gates to around 150 visitors on Sunday who were given the opportunity
A CLECKHEATON teenager has appeared in court following a stabbing in Hebden Bridge. Samuel Smith, 18, of Elm Bank, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, was charged with the assault of a 20-year-old man, who has been left with serious injuries, in Calder Holmes
THERE are limited places available, but anyone wanting to enter a team into the prestigious Tom Storton Memorial Tournament can still do so.The six-a-side football competition takes place at Silsden AFC at 10am on Sunday June 24 and is still going strong
THE West Yorkshire Branch of SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity is to host a monthly veterans’ lunch club, starting next month.It will take place on the first Sunday of each month, with a two-course home-cooked meal on the menu. The club is to be held at
A DRIVER has escaped with minor injuries after crashing into railings near a pedestrian crossing in Guiseley. Police closed part of Leeds Road to recover debris from the collision, which occured earlier this afternoon. Pictures released by
WORK to revamp a canal towpath in Silsden may face delays after two mini-diggers were set on fire.The suspected arson attack took place in Brunthwaite Bridge Lane at 1.10am on Monday and totally destroyed the plant machinery.West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
A MOTORCYCLIST and passenger remain in hospital with “serious” injuries after crashing into a gate post in Bradford.Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision, which took place on Bromford Road in the East Bowling area just after 5.30pm on Sunday.A
TWO MAJOR services in Bradford have bagged a combined £4.5 million in funding to continue their vital support work.Charity Victim Support, which is the largest charity for victims in the UK and has hubs in Bradford and Shipley, has been awarded £3.6 million
THIS year's 20/20 Cowling Cup competition got off to a fine start with holders Haworth Road II continuing where they left off by scoring 174-6 at home to Cononley II in a huge win.Matt Hall (80) was their main contributor as Mark Pickles took 2-20
THE A650 has now re-opened between Keighley and Silsden following a police incident. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said they had been called to the area at 5.50pm, with both carriageways shut off shortly afterwards. There were reports
DASHCAM footage captures the terrifying moment two cars narrowly avoided a head-on collision after weaving in and out of rush hour traffic – on the wrong side of road. An ex-police officer filmed the near-miss in Bradford city centre on a dashcam
A MOTORCYCLIST and passenger remain in hospital with “serious” injuries after crashing into a gate post in Bradford. Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision, which took place on Bromford Road in the East Bowling area just after 5.30pm
MEWIES Craven Cricket League Division Three leaders Skipton CI suffered the agony of a one-run defeat at Hepworth & Idle II.Mike Newell (37no) was the mainstay of the hosts' 161 and the away side were 116-9 before Danyal Iqbal (32) and Sefal Allam
YORKSHIRE wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd is set to retire from all forms of county cricket at the end of the season.The 34-year-old four-time County Championship winner, who plays for New Farnley in the Bradford Premier League, will call time on a first-class
ACCORDING to the Met Office long-range forecast we could be in for a scorching summer.Telegraph & Argus Camera Club member Derek J Rhodes took this shot of still waters on a warm day recently.For his efforts Derek receives a free print of this picture
A MAN who launched a “ferocious” attack on a teenage garage apprentice due to a disagreement over a wheel fitted to his ex-partner’s car has been jailed for 18 months.Bradford Crown Court heard that the “red mist” had descended on Liam Lalu, 26, when
SIR - I am writing in response to a recent letter from Fiona Pereira of Animal Aid, in relation to British horseracing.In this letter the animal rights group calls upon readers to sign a petition calling for government to “step in and take action over
Vietnam will host the draw for the first round of next season's Carabao Cup, the EFL has announced.It is the second successive year the draw has been held abroad after the 2017 event for the League Cup's opening round was staged in Bangkok.But
SIR - To save some of my fellow correspondents the trouble, in light of ever more information being released regarding the future of the UK outside the EU, I can now officially hold my hands up to being a ''Remoaner''.What`s not to moan
SIR - Not many people know that Yorkshire soldiers (from the west and north Ridings), in 69 Brigade of the 7th Division of the British Expeditionary force, saw action in North Italy during 1918. The 7th Division, along with other French and British divisions
SIR - I don't have much interest in the honours list, too many receiving awards that don't deserve them. Mark Carney is a good example, receiving a CBE when he has to take responsibility for the recent chaos on the railways.However there are exceptions
SIR - Does it really surprise anyone that there seems to be some difficulty in filling the vacancy at Valley Parade? No self respecting manager worth his salt would come here to what is to all intents and purposes, a demotion from manager to head coach
A FINE all-round performance from Tom Hawksworth ensured that Hepworth & Idle won their first game of the season in Division One of the Mewies Craven Cricket League. They were pushed hard at Ingrow, but scraped home by two wickets.The hosts made 167,
POP star Ed Sheeran has commissioned experts to check for great crested newts around his estate in East Anglia where he plans to build a private chapel.The 27-year-old singer-songwriter, who announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend Cherry Seaborn
BRITAIN’S road network will in the future be repaired by robots - which can fill in a pothole in a minute.A fleet of autonomous road vehicles or drones will travel around cities identifying cracks in roads and pavements and fixing them before potholes
A HOSPICE boss who used the charity’s credit to spend more than £90,000 on suits, designer Mont Blanc pens and luxury hotels has been jailed for four years.Graham Leggatt-Chidgey, 63, would not allow other staff at Butterwick Hospice to open the credit
A Labour MP who has been the victim of vicious abuse by trolls on social media has called for them to lose their anonymity online.Jess Phillips said Parliament needs to act against the anonymous trolls who abuse her on a daily basis.The Birmingham Yardley
ANDREW Gale has urged his players to attack Thursday’s Royal London One-Day Cup eliminator clash with Essex at Chelmsford and play with plenty of freedom.The Vikings face the Eagles under lights (2pm) and in front of the Sky Sports cameras for the right
GUISELEY captain Ash Palmer has decided to leave the club and join Stockport County when his contract ends on June 30.Palmer, who had been offered terms by the Lions, has agreed a two-year deal at Edgeley Park and has signed pre-contract terms to officially
More than 50 cases of measles have now been seen in Bradford since the end of March 2018, it has been revealed. Now people in the district are being encouraged to check themselves and their children have had two doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella
THE Government is being urged to review the value of all distinctive landscapes in England - whether they are currently designated or not.Pennine Prospects, the rural regeneration agency for the South Pennines – the only upland landscape in England not
THE Government is being urged to review the value of all distinctive landscapes in England - whether they are currently designated or not. Pennine Prospects, the rural regeneration agency for the South Pennines – the only upland landscape in England
Poundworld has become the latest retail casualty on the British high street as it called in administrators on Monday, putting 5,100 jobs at risk. The budget retailer, Poundworld, which has stores in Forster Square, Darley Street, Ivegate and Woodhall
The T&A has covered Bradford and West Yorkshire for 150 years. Here we look back to Thursday, June 11, 1998. £25 fixed fine if you don't clear up the mess New Council legislation, due to come into effect on Monday, meant anyone caught leaving
THERE will be an opportunity to gain expert advice in Bradford during Small Charity Week.The week, which will run nationally between June 18 and 23 aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the UK’s small charity sector. A spokesperson said: “The week
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RIDDLESDEN Gala has been hailed as a success.The procession, which last year was dropped for the first time in the event’s history, was back.And crowds flocked to the grounds of the village primary school to enjoy a range of attractions.Last year’s procession
ECCLESHILL United club captain Sam Bradley wants his team to continue their momentum in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division next season.The Eagles captain is looking ahead to an exciting 2018/19 campaign after they achieved
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on the people of Bingley to help accelerate the fight against heart disease by joining their local fundraising group and raising money for lifesaving research. Around 57,380 people across Bradford are fighting
WINDHILL & Daisy Hill have climbed off the bottom of the All Rounder Bradford Premier League Conference Division with their first win of the season – a six-wicket victory over Rodley.Dave Shaw made an unbeaten 44 and Matthew Marshall 34 as Windhill overhauled
AFTER four defeats in a row, Pool pulled off a shock win over Aire-Wharfe Division One leaders Otley, who limped to 138. David Amos (4-58) and James Rosewarne (3-27) doing the damage.In reply, Rosewarne gave Pool the platform with 51 not out and they
CALLUM Geldart produced a stunning all-round performance to propel Hanging Heaton into the semi-finals of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup. After scoring a magnificent 163, he took 5-57 with his off-spin to help side secure a 74-run win over holders
A CLECKHEATON teenager has appeared in court following a stabbing in Hebden Bridge. Samuel Smith, 18, of Elm Bank, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, was charged with the assault of a 20-year-old man, who has been left with serious injuries, in Calder
WORK to revamp a canal towpath in Silsden may face delays after two of their mini-diggers were set on fire. The suspected arson attack took place in Brunthwaite Bridge Lane at 1.10am on Monday and totally destroyed the plant machinary. West
RAIDERS have blown a cash machine out of the wall at a supermarket. Residents reported hearing a large explosion as thieves targeted the ATM at Asda, in New Line, Greengates overnight beforre fleeing the scene. One man, who did not wish
A WALK is to be held at St Ives to explain more about the tree felling process at the estate.More than 1,000 trees had to be chopped down in Betty's Wood to prevent the further spread of a disease which kills a number of species.Space left by the
FREE kite-making workshops have been organised across Bradford and Keighley by The South Pennines’ International Kite Festival.Fly! is a unique community project, set up in partnership by the Handmade Parade artists in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire Water and
A FUN day inspired by the late MP Jo Cox will be held in Baildon on Saturday - the second anniversary of her death.Inspired by the Jo Cox Foundation’s ‘Great Get Together,’ the fun day will be held at Cliffe Avenue Park between 2pm and 4pm.There will
LONELINESS is becoming a growing problem in the UK.Estimates suggest the issue affects nine million Britons, including soaring numbers of older people. The National Office of Statistics found 3.6 million older people say television is their only company
HUGELY controversial plans to demolish a Shipley pub are likely to be approved later this week. Bradford Council’s plans to knock down the vacant Branch pub on Bradford Road in Shipley as part of a major traffic improvement scheme have attracted
A “VERY rare” combination of warm weather and a surge in the number of homeowners determined to stem the scourge of plastic waste has brought a boost for a local business. Charles Taylor and Domenic Harrison, who run Ilkley-based decking firm Composite
FOUR Bradford men are embarking on a 3,000-mile week-long round trip to Benidorm in a banger for an annual UK to Spain road challenge. The team is part of the yearly Benidorm or Bust event which requires entrants to drive to the Spanish holiday
MANY people who voted ‘leave’ in the referendum did so because they think immigration is too high and the numbers allowed into our country should be cut. The only way they could think to do it was to vote for Britain to pull up the drawbridge to our near
A BRAVE youngster is waiting to undergo a lifesaving heart transplant after spending nine weeks on a specialist ward.Three-year-old Esa Khan, from Heaton, requires the life-changing operation after he completely stopped eating or drinking after months
NEW signing Joe Riley wants to put his experience as Manchester United under-23s captain to use with the Bantams.Despite only being 21, the full back brings some leadership qualities with him having been skipper of the development side at Old Trafford.And
BETFRED League One leaders Bradford Bulls face a hooking crisis ahead of their potentially tricky match at Whitehaven on Sunday.Already missing George Flanagan with a broken hand and unable to recall Reiss Butterworth from his loan spell with Batley Bulldogs
FEWER EU citizens are registering for national insurance numbers in Bradford than before the Brexit vote, the latest figures reveal. The statistics, from the Department for Work and Pensions, show how many foreign nationals have successfully applied
