WHEN writer/director Karlton Parris staged his poignant play, about the origins of Gay Pride, he started to receive letters from people who were moved and inspired by the production. Now those letters have been brought to the stage, in a powerful
BRADFORD Bulls signed off from their Betfred Championship season in style with an 82-0 win at Rochdale Hornets. Here are Telegraph & Argus chief sports writer Simon Parker ratings from the match. Man of the match The Bulls ran amok but Joe
ROCHDALE 0 BULLS 82 WHEN the hangovers ease from the final-day points binge, the reality of moving to Dewsbury will start to sink in. The hooter that sounded at the Crown Oil Arena felt like a clarion call for the Bulls to step into the unknown
POLICE seized a suspected pool car while carrying out speed checks in Heckmondwike. Officers were in the White Lee Road area of the town on Saturday night when they spotted the white VW Golf. Batley and Spen's Neighbourhood Policing Team three
KEIGHLEY Cougars snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as they collapsed late in the day to bring the 2019 season to a close with a 22-32 home defeat to Newcastle Thunder in Betfred League One. It appeared as if it was going to be another long
BRADFORD-BORN railway historian Mark Neale writes of using a 'virtual museum' to preserve the memory of former railways: "One of the railways which served Bradford carried its last regular passenger in 1931. Another, famously known as the 'Queensbury
AFTER St George’s Hall was built, in 1853, it is said there was rivalry with the building next door, a textile property which became the home of the Telegraph & Argus. “St George’s Hall came first, and when the other building went up shortly afterwards
by Richard Jones IL dolce far niente is an Italian phrase which describes the sweet essence and enjoyment of doing nothing. We came to fully understand the concept during a short break on Lake Como. No more so than when our two daughters Isla
PETROL-HEADS and history lovers were treated to an array of classic cars this weekend as Otley held its annual Vintage Transport Extravaganza. Hundreds of cars lined up in the Knotford Nook field to give visitors the chance to feast their eyes on
AN ART GALLERY threw open its doors for a day of arts and crafts. Cartwright Hall, in Lister Park, was celebrating the final day of its popular Peter Rabbit: Mischief and Mayhem exhibition, which has been open since May. Families were able to
CROWDS turned out in force for Keighley Show. Fine weather helped draw visitors in their numbers to the showground, at Marley playing fields, yesterday to enjoy a huge range of attractions. Traditional agricultural-show classes were on offer,
A BUS intended to support the homeless has been vandalised for the second time in a matter of days. Redemption Bridge was set to bring in a "hygiene bus" for the homeless to clean themselves up, but its windows were smashed last week and vandals
LIVERSEDGE’S Emirates FA Cup dream is over for another year after Jonathan Rimmington’s men lost a close first qualifying round tie against North East outfit Stockton Town. It was a first defeat of the new season for Sedge who had battled through
FARSLEY Celtic moved back into the play-off places in the Vanarama National North with a home win, but Guiseley dropped from fourth to fifth after they suffered a heavy defeat at third-placed Chester. The Celts should have broken the deadlock early
Boston United 2 Bradford (Park Avenue) 1 MARCUS Law got the reaction he demanded from his Bradford (Park Avenue) players following a poor midweek display but, despite a good performance from his side, they slipped to a narrow defeat at the Jakemans
CITY 2 NORTHAMPTON 1 EVEN the mascots are getting involved in the City formation debate these days. Well before the game, Gary Bowyer had found himself accosted by one of the youngsters during their tour of Valley Parade and asked if he would
THE location of Bradford’s first PizzaExpress brings two of my favourite things - Italian food and the cinema - right next door to each other. And when you have a couple of hours to kill before a big screen date with Brad Pitt, there’s only one
SECOND-half goals from Aaron Martin and Nicky Law proved decisive as League Two pacesetters Exeter City maintained their unbeaten record with a 3-1 win at Carlisle United. Lee Martin had given Exeter a half-time lead which was cancelled out when
CITY came from behind to beat Northampton Town 2-1 and claim their third League Two win of the season. T&A chief sports writer Simon Parker provides all the facts and figures as well as the player ratings. MAN OF THE MATCH Ben Richards-Everton
A THREE-YEAR-OLD was taken to hospital after she was knocked over on Leeds Road. The girl was reportedly struck by a white Mitsubishi at 5.12pm yesterday and Yorkshire Air Ambulance attended the scene close to the Gipsy Street and Dick Lane roundabout
CARLTON clinched the Championship Two title with a seven-wicket win over Liversedge whose relegation was confirmed by the result. The trophy will be presented to Carlton before their final game at home to Bowling Old Lane next Saturday and it is
THE battle for the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League Championship One title has been turned on his head after leaders Batley suffered their third straight defeat to drop from first to third. They went down by 65 runs against Keighley and
CLECKHEATON spoiled Woodlands’ title-winning celebrations by inflicting an 11-run defeat on them just hours after skipper Cieran Garner received the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League championship trophy. Spinners Azeem Rafiq (4-46) and
POLICE have found a missing 12-year-old girl from Bradford safe and well. Viktoria Keselova was last seen on Saturday, September 7.
THE nations’s biggest housebuilder has been criticised for flouting planning rules and installing large advertisements without planning permission. Barratt Homes had already installed advertisements at two sites near Clayton before it submitted
A WELL-known pub has undergone an extensive refurbishment following a £250,000 investment. The Stansfield Arms, in Apperley Bridge, has been given a stylish new look thanks to the major investment from Ei Publican Partnerships. It comes as
A CONVICTED murderer who was on the run for more than two years after imprisoning and raping a woman at his Bradford flat was jailed for ten years. Nicolae Fratutescu jumped bail in February 2017 and was at large until he was arrested in Bradford
BRADFORD4BETTER is organising another city wide litter pick with the support of more than 15 mosques. The big street clean will ask residents to use their own resources to litter pick and to discard their bin liners in their own dustbin, in an
WHAT do you do if you're a fifth-year medical student offered a chance to do a learning placement in the Seychelles? You jump at the chance, of course. Which is just what Yorkshire student Molly Nichols did. Not that Molly, who was just coming
OVER the past six decades, generations of dancers have walked through the doors of Twinkletoes. The dancewear specialists has been in Bradford since 1959 - and is now entering a new era. Ann Hassan, who took over the shop 32 years ago, is retiring
PLANS to turn an empty office building on the fork of a road into a restaurant has been submitted to Bradford Council. The 75 square metre, two storey building on Parkside Road, near the road’s junction with Manchester Road, has a tiny frontage
A COMMITTEE chair says he feels the attitude of the Children’s Service bosses has changed. Mark Douglas, the new head of Children’s Services at Bradford Council, appeared before the Council’s Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee this week.
THE former president of Bradford Hebrew Congregation synagogue, who came to the district as a boy on the Kindertransport, has died, aged 94. Albert Waxman, of Nab Wood, fled Nazi Europe in 1939, aged 14. He travelled to Britain on the Kindertransport
SUPPORT has been pledged for World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10) by the Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WYHCP). World Suicide Prevention Day, organised by the
An expectant mother has been left scared to go to sleep after raiders broke into her family's home while they were asleep and made off with their house keys and the keys to the family's BMW 3 Series. Sumbal Shaffi, 28, has been left fearing for
A man who threatened to kill his former partner in a series of terrifying WhatsApp messages has been jailed for two and a half years. Adam Finney told the woman: “I’m going to smash your head in; just wait, I’m going to do you something wicked,
