Talks aimed at resolving one of the long-running disputes over the role of guards on trains are to be held, it has been announced. The conciliation service Acas said the Rail, Maritime and Transport union and Arriva Rail North (Northern) will meet
A PROFESSOR at the University of Bradford has been nominated for a major award by one of her PhD students. Professor of Sociology Chrissie Rogers, pictured, has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year award at the THE
WELSH international, Dalton Grant has extended his stay with Bradford Bulls until the end of the 2019 season. Originally joining John Kear’s outfit last December, the powerhouse back has been a regular in the first team, claiming 16 tries in 24 appearances
DAVID Hopkin has made his first signing as City boss after snapping up free agent Jim O'Brien. The 30-year-old Scottish midfielder joins the Bantams on an initial four-month deal. O'Brien began his career as a youngster at Celtic and has played
ANDREW Gale hailed the fighting spirit shown by his Yorkshire side as they bounced back from early strife in the Roses match at Emerald Headingley to secure a huge victory in their fight against Specsavers County Championship relegation. Yorkshire
BRADFORD Council has approved a £19 million scheme to build a sixth form college in the city centre. New College Bradford, which will eventually have 1,200 students, will be built on the former site of Britannia Mills, off Portland Street and next
A CAR crashed into a home on a Bradford street. Police and West Yorkshire Fire Service were called to Southfield Lane, near The Fire Brigade pub, at 5.04pm. Police said there was only "minor" damage to the car and the home. A video that
A NEW apartment complex for elderly people with care needs could help free up family homes - a meeting has been told. Bradford Council has approved plans to demolish the Hare and Hounds family pub and Wacky Warehouse off Bradford Road in Menston
A DAY before one of the most important meetings in the sport's history, Super League clubs have been accused of bullying and the Rugby Football League of a dereliction of duty. With the future of Super League, the Championship and League One up
THE Duke of Sussex has told young Royal Marines recruits they face "blood, sweat and tears" in the months ahead but are in one of the world's best jobs. Harry's pep talk to the young men came as he visited the Royal Marines' main training base in
POLICE are searching for two men after an armed robbery at Cash Converters. Officers were called to the shop, in Tong Street, at 12.48pm on Thursday and cordoned off the immediate area. One onlooker told the Telegraph & Argus that a man
BRITISH holidaymakers have described scenes "like Dunkirk" after tons of rock fell from a cliff face onto a packed tourist beach on the Greek island of Zante. Lynette Bridges, 58, from Hordon-on-the Hill in Essex, said her tour boat had just pulled
ARMED police swooped on a Bradford street this afternoon. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said officers were called to North Avenue just before 3pm following reports of a person with a machete. The spokesman said four males have been detained
NEW traffic calming measures will be introduced at a busy junction in Menston - although they will not include the pedestrian crossing many residents had asked for. Parents of children at Menston Primary School had submitted a petition to Bradford
A DOG rescue charity is offering a reward for information after a dog was found hanged from a tree in a Bradford park. Yorkshire Rose Dog Rescue is offering £1,000 to anyone who can provide information which leads to a successful prosecution of
AN overall fall in the number of complaints against the police masks wide discrepancies in the way police forces handle them, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said today. The national police complaints statistics for England and
ON the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crash, Bradford Green Party has welcomed a report by The Green New Deal Group which, if implemented, would mean hundreds of new skilled 'green' jobs across Bradford District. The Green New Deal Group
A NEW tougher legislation passed today is being celebrated by emergency services from across West Yorkshire. The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill has received royal assent meaning it will pass into official law come November. Tougher
A SERIES of concerts by a reputable operatic company are taking place across West Yorkshire next month. Halifax-based All Souls’ Amateur Operatic Society - which has members from Bradford, is performing its annual ‘Accent on Song’ concert offering
A BRADFORD business is encouraging local firms to use a new online benchmarking tool to help measure how they apply social responsibility in the areas of education, employment, environment and the community. Yorkshire law firm Gordons is supporting
SIR - Serena Williams has been a great advocate for women's tennis and when she was beating players regularly she also had a kind word for her opponents. Now that her powers are on the wane she is becoming a bad loser. I am sick and tired of the
SIR - I hope the Brexit negotiations go well and the Queen of our country has the interests of her people at heart and gets a good deal. I hope we do not continue to see billions of pounds sent abroad, as Philip Davies also commented recently.
SIR - I write to express publicly my congratulations to 'Leeds for Europe' for the excellent conference they organised in Leeds on September 8. The conference was a sell-out and the main hall was packed with men and women with a range of ages, ethnicities
SIR - Judge Jonathan Durham Hall announced in January (T&A, January 10) that there would be no more second chances for danger drivers. He reiterated this later in the year, warning that blue lights meant stop, and not to do so would suffer the
SIR - Chris Grayling paid another visit to The Northern Powerhouse region last week. He thought of a new wheeze, the resurrection of an old chestnut, the Shipley corridor traffic problem. With typical political smoothness, he employed words which sounded
TELEGRAPH & Argus Camera Club member Gary Brannan set his alarm clock so he could get this shot just as dawn was breaking. The results of his early morning endeavours are clear - lovely golden sunlight shining on the buildings. Anna Dyson-Clarke
YORKSHIRE took a giant step towards safety in Division One by completing a come-from-behind Roses victory at Emerald Headingley. The White Rose county comfortably defended a target of 230 to beat Lancashire by 95 runs and leave their arch-rivals
A 94-YEAR-OLD war veteran is having a year to remember. Not only has he celebrated 65 years of marriage, the D-Day veteran was also presented with the Legion d’Honneur from the French honorary consul. Len Couzens and Pat Johnson, of Kings Park
A KEIGHLEY salon which was broken into twice within a month has had to shut temporarily after it was raided yet again. Revive and Rejuvenate hair and beauty salon was burgled for a third time at 1.10am on September 1, forcing owner Karen Elliott
ANDY Denton and Paula Graham have broken their Bradford Association duck, winning the Mixed Pairs Merit at Peel Park. The first-time finalists were up against back-to-back winners Stuart King and Sharon Gadd in an event that wasn't held last year
Morrisons has suffered a 29% drop in pre-tax profits despite seeing sales growth reach a nine-year high in the second quarter. The Bradford-based grocery group released earnings today showing like-for-like sales - excluding fuel and VAT - grew
STEVE Patterson hailed the character of his Yorkshire side as they hit back from early strife in the Roses clash at Emerald Headingley to take a stranglehold on the contest. Defending a target of 230 in this Specsavers County Championship relegation
A BANNED driver faces another day in court after being stopped while driving - by the same police officer who stopped them the first time. The driver, who was in a blue Toyota pick-up truck was stopped by police in Keighley after the officer recognised
SEVENTY years ago they spent their days and nights contributing to the war effort. Within predominantly male-dominated workplaces, Olive Crowther, Edith Holmes and their female colleagues worked on the planes carrying service personnel across the
POLICE have uncovered a cannabis farm in Wilsden after spotting some tell-tale signs of a house being used for criminal activity. Officers Sam Johnson and Cath Gallimore busted the farm growing the Class B drug yesterday afternoon. Mr Johnson
PENNY Hartley from Shipley Golf Club is one step closer to the round of a lifetime with a European Tour star. She beat thousands of amateur golfers across England to make the final stage of the Bridgestone Chase Your Dream Trophy and become England
PLANS to build new shops in Bingley have been submitted to Bradford Council. The two units would be built in the gap between a row of businesses including a barbers, fish and chip shop, bakery and a newsagent, on Park Road, opposite the former Bingley
KEIGHLEY Cougars head coach Craig Lingard has insisted that anyone refusing to travel to West Wales can "finish their season now", as he demanded an immediate response to Sunday's dreadful home defeat to Doncaster. Asked whether players may refuse
TEENAGE talent Max Berrisford has secured the most impressive success of his young career so far, winning the Yorkshire Amateur Matchplay Championship by a single hole on Saturday in a nail-biting finale. The 18-year-old, who hails from Steeton
COMPARING notes via a Whats App group, during Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing launch, I realised I only recognised about a third of the ‘celebrity’ contestants. ‘You Tube boy’, ‘Casualty bloke’ and ‘Dr Eyebrows’ were our more polite descriptions
A PRIMARY school in Guiseley has retained its 'Good' rating from Ofsted following a recent inspection. St Oswald's CE Primary School in The Green, Guiseley, was founded to be Good in all areas, the same as its previous inspection in 2013. In
25 Years Ago: Buckingham Palace remained tight lipped as speculation grew that the Princess Royal was expecting another baby. The speculation came after a newspaper claimed Princess Anne, 43, was three months pregnant by her new husband Commander Timothy
DESPITE a disappointing end to the 2018 season, things are looking up ahead of the 2019 campaign at Cougar Park. With the launch of the supporters' club among ground refurbishment and development, the continued hard work off the field will hope
AN ADDINGHAM couple have survived a brush with death in Croatia after their chartered yacht caught fire. Peter and Jane Tapper were rescued from the boat while four miles out at sea, heading towards Split, minutes before it burst into flames on
The future may well have arrived earlier than many expected if the current record climate extremes are anything to go by. 2018 has been a really remarkable year worldwide. Kerala, a state about four times the size of Yorkshire in the south west
ORGANISATIONS across the region have been named as finalists in the Sustainable Health and Care Awards. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is named in the Travel and Logistics category, while Mike Gent, Deputy Director Health Protection, Public
A LORRY driver who fought back from a devastating accident in which he lost an arm has had his tenacity recognised. Steve Jones, who works for JODA Freight at Cross Hills, near Keighley, was shortlisted for the Road Haulage Association’s (RHA)
Driving purists had been calling for Mazda to add more grunt to its MX-5 sports car - and the manufacturer has duly obliged. The impressive new engine and other worthwhile revisions were unveiled to the Telegraph & Argus and fellow members
SCOTT Naylor hopes Oldham can take out their promotion frustrations on his old club in the Bulls’ final away game of the season. The Roughyeds were relegated along with Bradford last year but their hopes of an instant return to the Championship
TOMORROW’S RFL extraordinary general meeting has been called in an attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute over how professional rugby league should be structured and financed going forward. Super League want a return to a one-up, one-down promotion
As the members of the Rugby Football League convene tomorrow, member clubs will be asked to decide on the best structure for the sport going forward. What an unholy and indeed unnecessary process for a sport that has no need for radical change,
CHILD abuse image offences in the county have nearly doubled since last year. Figures obtained via Freedom of Information requests to police forces showed a rise of 40 per cent in offences in Yorkshire from last year. The total stands at 2,703
CITY chairman Edin Rahic has tonight delivered the following statement. “A great deal has been said over the last few weeks and I want to take this opportunity to address some of the concerns and comments expressed. “I want to start by saying
