FORMER prime minister David Cameron wrote his just-published memoirs in a shepherd’s hut in the garden of his Cotswold home. Costing around £25,000, its stylish interior is painted in upmarket Farrow & Ball colours, and has a fold-out double bed
WHEN Hilary and Steve Lawther went on holiday to The Gambia in 2001 little did they know how their lives would change as a result. “We both had a week off and told the travel agent that we wanted to go somewhere hot and cheap - we just wanted to
A NEW exhibition at the Bingley Gallery celebrates Yorkshire’s moorland uplands. Leeds–based artist Judith Levin’s misty moorland oil paintings capture the beauty of these iconic, yet vulnerable, Yorkshire landscapes with purple heather and soft
VITAL repair work will be carried out on the westbound M62 this weekend to improve safety for the thousands of drivers who use the trans-Pennine route every day. Gildersome East bridge at junction 27 needs to be waterproofed to maintain the structure
A POLICE officer has issued a stern reminder about the importance of obeying cordons. PC Becky Tomkins posted on social media site Twitter about her experience of using scene tape. Last Thursday she was using the tape - often labelled with "police
AN MP is warning people to be on their guard after reports of fraudsters sending fake TV licensing demands to homes across the area in the hope of stealing their personal details. Shipley MP Philip Davies has been contacted by worried constituents
WEST YORKSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) has joined an online viral challenge by opening up to the world. The "Tetris Challenge" sees emergency services and responders across the globe showing the general public what is contained in their
WEST Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Mark Burns-Williamson is looking for community focused compassionate volunteers to join his Independent Custody Visitor (ICV) scheme. ICVs have an independent role, checking that people held
THE local fire service will be beefing up its fire protection team due to a "a lack of capacity to deal with existing workload." Increasing the capacity in the Fire Protection Team, which is responsible for making sure businesses and public venues
IAN Clough Hall in Baildon is to be closed and demolished by Bradford Council. The community building which houses the library is to be closed because of high maintenance costs. Bradford Council issued the following statement: "A decision has
A STUDENT found hanged at her halls of residence faced an "unacceptable delay" waiting for a mental health appointment at her university, a coroner has said. University of Liverpool student Ceara Thacker, 19, from Bradford, was found dead in her
A CLIMATE change demonstration took place in Bradford city centre yesterday as part of the Global Climate Strike, an international initiative which has seen millions of people across the world take part in peaceful protest. The Bradford protest
A DISORDER that led to a police van being torched and officers pelted with rocks was discussed by West Yorkshire Fire Authority this morning. At about 4.30pm yesterday a police crime scene investigator was attending an address in Ullswater Crescent
WITH the UCI Road World Championships heading to Yorkshire over the next week, the Telegraph & Argus is here to give you a full breakdown of the nine-day schedule. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Team Time Trial Mixed Relay Training - Harrogate Circuit
JET2 has announced its Winter 20/21 programme from Leeds Bradford airport. The increasing popularity of Turkey as a winter sun destination means there will be up to two weekly services to Antalya right throughout the winter season. Another
A PRIVATE investigator who was caught on camera making an anti-Muslim rant against London mayor Sadiq Khan has been jailed. Far-right bigot Pawel Golaszewski, 34, was stopped by armed police on February 23 in Abbey Road, Leeds, and had his computers
THERE ARE delays and queueing traffic due to earlier accident on the M62 Eastbound. Three vehicles were involved in the collision between Junction 24 for Ainley Top and Junction 25 for Brighouse. All lanes have been re-opened after lanes two
POLICE investigating a robbery involving an elderly woman in Bingley are appealing for information. It happened in Ferncliffe Road at about 3pm on Thursday, when the victim, who is in her seventies, opened her door to take some rubbish out.
RICCARDO Calder is fully embracing his second chance. But he realises just how lucky he is to get it. Jailed in November last year after being found guilty of assaulting a 24-year-old woman following a minor car accident, he was released 10 weeks
GUN for hire; 11 previous owners but still in full working order. Billy Clarke desperately wants to find a club. The former City frontman has been unattached since being released by Gary Bowyer in May – and admits the absence from the game is
THE Telegraph & Argus' chief sports writer Simon Parker has reassured fans that Stefan Rupp is "not actively looking to sell" Bradford City. But he admitted that a big, big offer could understandably tempt the German owner into parting ways with
A 16-year-old boy who constructed a shrapnel-filled device which could have been made into a viable CO2 bomb has been detained for five years. Kieran Cleary, of Holme Wood, told friends he was going to "go on a rampage" and "kill many people" weeks
WITH the trend being very much towards eating less meat in our diets, one innovative company is filling the freezer aisle with quick and easy dishes to suit the new flexitarian lifestyle. The Saucy Fish Co. has added to its roster of award-winning
BRADFORD Salem are holding a girls’ rugby afternoon on Sunday (1pm start). Competing in games at the Yorkshire Division One club, apart from the hosts, are Old Crossleyans, West Park Leeds, Thornensians and Cleckheaton. After a year of semi-regular
PLANS to build housing at the former site of a snooker and leisure facility have been approved by Bradford Council. The brownfield site at Birch Lane, West Bowling, is currently empty and blighted by fly tipping, but was previously home to Game
AFTER a very long season, two of the competition's most consistent performers face off in the first major semi-final under the new Championship play-off format. A red-hot Toronto Wolfpack face a determined French outfit in Toulouse Olympique.
SIR - I could not name a single track by Morrissey but was interested to read his autobiography which was published as a Penguin Classic which the literati in London had something to say about. In it he mentions the boys at Stretford Grammary School
SIR - Further to Emma Clayton's article about holidays, (T&A September 18) there is an old saying that travel broadens the mind. However I would like to claim that too much of it can do the opposite. In the Summer of 1978, aged 13-and-a-half
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A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a collision involving a police car. The man is currently in custody. Officers were called to a crash on Cockin Lane, near to the junction with Thornton Road, at around 3:48pm yesterday
The Times and Sunday Times have named the University of Bradford as the UK’s University of the Year for Social Inclusion 2020. The national award recognises Bradford as a leader in social inclusion that supports students of all backgrounds to achieve
VETERAN Spenborough and District AC athlete Keith McGhie missed out on a second European Masters Championship 800-metre gold medal by an agonising one-10th of a second in a dramatic final in Lido Di Jesolo, Italy. McGhie, who took the title the
TOMORROW will see the start of the Bradford & District FA Senior Challenge Cup, in which teams from the area who play on Saturdays take part. The competition, which began at the end of the 19th Century, has been competed for in all but four seasons
A MAN has been arrested in relation to a stabbing yesterday morning, a West Yorkshire Police spokesman has said. No further details have yet been released. Officers were called to Musgrave Drive, Fagley, in the early hours of yesterday to
YORKSHIRE will look to strengthen their batting stocks as well as adding an extra spin bowling option to their squad this coming winter. The White Rose hierarchy are assessing their recruitment options as the 2019 summer comes to a close. Yorkshire
MASON Greenwood's moment of magic lit up Manchester United's otherwise forgettable Europa League opener last night and underlined Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's belief that he was right to let Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez leave. Few expected the Red
A FIRE broke out behind a Bradford pub building early this morning. Firefighters were called to the Brown Cow pub, Little Horton Lane, at around 5.30am where some rubbish was on fire in a concrete shed. It caused some damage to the pub's window
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) assistant manager Lee Fowler has urged his players to be “cuter” ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup Second Qualifying Round clash at home to Morpeth Town. He felt that they were not subtle enough with their game management in last
THACKLEY can vault to the top of the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division, for a few hours at least, with a win at Hemsworth Miners Welfare tonight. They are currently being kept off top spot by leaders Bridlington Town on
Extraordinary scenes occurred when a meeting of Bradford’s Housing Committee was interrupted by furious Newby Square tenants demanding to know why an item concerning them was due to be discussed behind closed doors. The outcome, one councillor
WOODLANDS have the chance to secure a stunning treble tomorrow by beating Sheriff Hutton Bridge in the Yorkshire Premier Leagues' Championship at Headingley, and their former captain has hailed the impact of one man in particular. Overseas star
SIX children aged 10-years-old were some of the 3,697 youngsters arrested by police last year, according to new figures. A Freedom of Information request by the Howard League for Penal Reform -a charity campaigning for fewer people in prison and
BRADFORD Council had to divert officers from tackling Blue Badge abuse in the District to investigating its own staff. A report into corporate investigations carried out last year revealed that the number of Blue Badge “action days” carried out
A BRADFORD foster mum has spoken of the rewards of fostering as she encourages others to find out more about the vocation. Nikola Smith and her husband Tony, from Thornton, foster two children, aged 13 and 17, through charity Barnardo's. Ahead
A WOMAN whose partner was left permanently disabled in a one-punch assault has spoken of the devastation she still feels four years on from the attack. On September 20, 2015, Caroline Sykes’s long-term partner, scaffolder Simon Hackett, was punched
BREXIT has become the "most frequently mentioned barrier to growth" among local businesses, according to a report being discussed next week. With just a few weeks left until the October 31 Brexit date set by the Government, the Leeds City Region
COUNCILLORS have urged residents not to panic and join as one after a young woman was attacked yesterday. The woman, in her 20s, was stabbed four times in the street by a man, in Musgrave Drive, Fagley in the early hours of Thursday morning.
PLANS for a new sports hub have taken a step forward after recommendations were approved. But Councillor Andrew Carter (Con, Calverley and Farsley) made scathing comments of Bradford Council in outlining his support for the Woodhall Lane Sports
A MAN told his former partner he would kill her and her cats during a horrific assault. Arshid Ahmed, 36, appeared before Bradford Crown Court via videolink yesterday, to be sentenced over the attack, which unfolded in July this year. The
A WEEK of action to tackle fly tipping, dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour will begin on Monday. Calderdale Council aims to show there is “no messing” with its week of action which runs next week, where enforcement will be stepped up across
BRADFORD CITY ANGLING ASSOCIATION Autumnal weather is truly with us now, with later sunrises, earlier sunsets, a chill in the air, mist over the fields early in the morning and trees starting to drop their leaves into the water. We’re in the
GARY Bowyer won’t be telling James Vaughan to curb his enthusiasm against Carlisle tomorrow. The City skipper is one booking away from a ban after picking up his fourth yellow card at Cheltenham. But Bowyer is not looking for the striker to ease
Check out our game preview as the Bantams are back at Valley Parade against Carlisle. Kick-off: Saturday, September 21 (3pm) Venue: Valley Parade Possible line-ups CITY GK Richard O'Donnell RB Kelvin Mellor CH Paudie O'Connor
Standings are at the fledgling stage at the moment but there is a top-of-the-table clash in North One East between Bradford & Bingley and leaders Moortown at Wagon Lane. Both have won two from two, with Moortown’s maximum haul giving them a one-point
WHEN the Yorkshire Division Three fixtures came out in the summer, most interest from Baildon and Wibsey was centred around when they would face their city rivals, despite there being a plethora of Leeds-Bradford derbies in the division. The initial
THE Bulls want to retain George Flanagan’s services for next year – but remain powerless to stop him signing for another club. The extrovert hooker finished the season on an eight-match ban for grabbing the testicles of Toronto full back Hakim Miloudi
Work has begun on the main renovations at a shopping arcade in Cleckheaton which is being renamed Victoria Court Bradford firm Abrahams & Carlisle shop fitters have begun replacing all the shop fronts within the Central Arcade. It was bought
