A CONSULTANT orthodontist at St Luke’s Hospital is limbering up to take part in the world famous New York City Marathon. Simon Littlewood, who has worked for the NHS in Bradford for 17 years and is the clinical speciality lead for orthodontics at
CITY will begin their FA Cup campaign this season with a trip to Aldershot. Tonight's draw for the first round threw up a repeat of the 2015 opener. On that occasion, Phil Parkinson's Bantams drew 0-0 away to the Conference side before winning
X-FACTOR star Danny Tetley has made it through to the second week of the live shows. The Shipley man wowed judges with his performance on Saturday evening, despite a technical hitch that left him having to restart his song. A fellow contestant's
PART of the district's industrial heritage will be installed in a Bradford museum tomorrow. The Hattersley Standard Loom, developed in the 1920s by George Hattersley & Sons of Keighley, will arrive at Bradford Industrial Museum tomorrow morning
OVER half of all recent fatal house fires in West Yorkshire were caused by dropped cigarettes or other smoking materials. A recent review of fatal house fires by West Yorkshire Fire Service found that of the 53 people to have died in accidental
THE DIRECTOR of a group raising awareness of hate crimes in Bradford believes communities must have “difficult conversations” to stamp out the rising form of abuse. Sofia Mahmood, the director of Bradford’s Empowering Minds, runs workshops encouraging
JAMES Wainman has left Yorkshire. The left-arm bowler, who represents Farsley in the Bradford League, played six limited overs matches for the county between 2014 and 2018. The 25-year-old also represented the county at age-group level from under
X FACTOR stars Rebecca Ferguson and Union J will be among the stars switching on the lights at The Broadway Shopping Centre next month. The festive launch will take place on Saturday 10 November, and The Broadway today released the line up of guests
If you've worked for Morrisons, you could be due a compensation payout. The Bradford-based supermarket chain today lost its appeal against a ruling that found it is liable for a massive breach of its payroll data in 2014. Morrisons has said
SIR – Within the Broadway complex one of the major stores has a product of cosmetic called Urban Decay. Would it be too cynical to believe this title was inspired by the decline of Darley Street and surrounding area brought about by the Broadway
SCOTT Law took the big prize as the Keighley Cougars brought a troubled 2018 to a close by celebrating the positives at their end-of-season presentation evening. The prop forward is coming up to a decade of service at Cougar Park and was rewarded
NATIONAL LEAGUE TWO NORTH Wharfedale 35 Macclesfield 25 ON a sunny but breezy afternoon at the Avenue, Wharfedale ran out 35-25 winners in a closely fought and entertaining game on Saturday. Macclesfield opened the scoring in the 12th minute
SIR – I went to Accrington with my partner and teenage son to watch Bradford City. Besides the game being terrible to watch because of problems of having such a poor squad this year, my main reason why I won’t be attending again for future games
TWO local charities are being supported by Bradford Chamber of Commerce over the next 12 months. Bradford Nightstop and The Big Swing will be supported by fundraising efforts by the business support organisation from now until next summer, when
ANDREW Benjamin and Ryan Clay both netted hat-tricks as Wyke Wanderers pulled off an extraordinary 10-7 win over Lower Hopton in the Heavy Woollen FA Cup. Karl Fawcett scored twice, while there was one apiece for Waqas Iqbal and Matthew Conway as
DEWSBURY B have made an impressive start in Division One of the Bradford League and they continued their unbeaten run with a fine 7-3 victory at a strong Heckmondwike team. The visitors stamped their authority on proceedings by taking the first
A BUS has ended up inside a local market square opticians after an incident. Police were called to Market Street, Shipley at around 12.05pm today to reports of a bus crashing into a shop. The orange Yorkshire Tiger bus can be seen protruding
THE one year anniversary of the foundation of the Give Bradford 100 Club takes place next month, and one of its first members is calling on more businesses to sign up. Nick Garthwaite, managing director of Christeyns and president of the Bradford
DRIGHLINGTON earned an impressive 4-1 away victory over Stanningley that keeps them just three points behind Yorkshire Amateur Premier Division leaders Farsley Celtic Juniors. The hosts had 12 men unavailable and had to call a couple of players
SEVERAL major motorway slip roads and carriageways will close at different points this week for overnight works. The local areas affected by the roadworks are the M62 Junction 24, Ainley Top and Junction 28, Tingley. All overnight closures
OLD OTLIENSIANS' coaches have been nominated for a prestigious award alongside England manager Gareth Southgate. After masterminding the rugby union club's Junior Vase success at Twickenham in May, they have made the shortlist for the Great Coaching
LEGENDARY Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis believes Josh Shaw has all the tools to ensure he is a key part of Yorkshire’s drive for success over the next few years. Waqar had his first glimpse of the young White Rose quick at the Abu Dhabi T20
THE two Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup finalists from last season, Wibsey and Campion, were both eliminated at the weekend in Round Two. Wibsey visited Hunsworth at East Bierley, and despite a treble from Lee Smith, they were unable
AN 83-year-old Keighley woman was arrested following a crash in which a motorcyclist died. The woman was driving a red Volkswagen car which was involved in a collision with the motorbike, a blue Yamaha YZF-R1, and two other vehicles – a black Audi
Leeds Rhinos have announced the appointment of Richard Agar from NRL side St George Illawarra Dragons as the club's new head of player and coach development. The former Hull, Wakefield and France head coach has spent the last season at the Dragons
THE Flamingo Land Stadium was the venue for Bradford (Park Avenue) U19s, who suffered a heavy 6-0 defeat against their hosts Scarborough Athletic in the Northern Alliance League. Avenue made a tentative start on the brand new 4G pitch and their
MORRISONS will now appeal to the Supreme Court after the latest round of a long-running legal battle went against the supermarket giant. The Bradford-based retailer has been left facing a potentially “vast” payout after losing a challenge against a
Old Brodleians 32 Keighley 7 KEIGHLEY stayed at the bottom of Yorkshire One following a heavy away defeat - their sixth in the opening seven games of the season. A difficult afternoon for Keighley saw them once again up against a much larger
A PLEA for volunteers has been issued as a particularly poignant Keighley Poppy Appeal prepares to get underway. An always-moving period takes on added significance this year, as the nation marks 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Fly-tipping, the scourge of local councils everywhere, could be tackled by eagle-eyed residents who are being urged to be nosey neighbours. New guidelines include being suspicious of online rubbish removers that are too good to be true, and making
Parking charges in Calderdale are set to be reviewed before Christmas, against a financial backdrop likely to put the emphasis on increases. The issue was considered by Calderdale Council’s Place Scrutiny Board ahead of a report with Cabinet set
A century-old market tradition in Brighouse looks set for change which could see it at the heart of the town’s shopping experience for generations to come. Brighouse Open Market has been run by a private company, although on Calderdale Council
A CARAVAN storage company is appealing against Bradford Council's decision to block it from using its current base on a permanent basis. In 2011 planning permission was granted to turn a vacant industrial site, Wyke Mills off Huddersfield Road,
AN 81-year-old diabetic who doesn’t like heights has completed a skydive despite pressure from his family not to go ahead. Stephen Chadwick, from Wesley Close, Birstall, did the dive despite having to wait more than four hours for the wind to die
IT is the end of an era for the signal box at Mill Lane, in Bradford, after a state of the art signalling system takes over the operation from a centre in York. The signal box, near Bradford Interchange, was closed on Friday by one of two
THIS Summer's Bradford Science Festival attracted over 34,000 people, with 40 per cent of them visiting from outside the district. After a pilot event in Summer 2017, July saw the festival expanded with events taking place in City Park, Broadway
MUMS with young children are being encouraged to make sure their little ones get the flu vaccination as winter draws closer. Nurses from the Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCT) will be visiting primary schools and running community-based
A NEW pre-school nursery could open its doors in Low Moor if plans are given the go-ahead. The proposals for 26-place nursery have been lodged with Bradford Council and detail it would be located on the corner of Hanworth Road and Common Road,
CARERS have revealed that their role can leave them isolated, stressed and unable to fined employment. And one even said they felt they had “lost a life of their own.” Over the summer, unpaid carers throughout Bradford and Craven were asked to
THE Women of the World - WOW - festival is returning to Bradford next month and a host of women who hail from the city are to take centre stage at the event's workshops, debates and performances. The festival, which celebrates and recognises the
ONCE again the Telegraph & Argus Toys & Tins Appeal is launching to bring Christmas cheer to those for whom the festive period can be bleak. It is the third year for our appeal and again the donations from readers and businesses will be
DAVID Hopkin hopes City’s fed-up fans will ease off on criticising the youngsters as the team’s troubles go on. Second-from-bottom City face another critical home game against Coventry tomorrow night on the back of a third straight loss. Angry
ROSS Peltier is confident the Bulls will do the Championship justice next year. The forward enjoyed a breakthrough season in helping them win promotion from League One at the first attempt. And he believes they have the quality to take the step-up
CITY 0 ROCHDALE 2 DAVID Hopkin had effectively set the agenda when he pleaded to keep a certain topic off it. The head coach is understandably growing tired at constantly having to field questions related to his chairman. But it was wishful
