A FUNDING bid to refurbish Bradford Interchange has been approved. West Yorkshire Combined Authority yesterday agreed to fund £461,400 towards the resurfacing of the station's bus carriageways. It is the first stage of a £2 million project
THE TUC has said average wages in Bradford are still below the levels before the economic crash in 2008 in real terms. The union organisation said although it might look as if wages have started to rise recently, in Bradford weekly pay for the average
Police have launched an urgent appeal to trace stolen firearms and ammunition after a Bradford man was jailed for more than six years for burgling a house in Gomersal. Officers are still looking for two guns and around £4,500 worth of bullets and
FORMER England captain and cricket pundit Bob Willis has died at the age of 70, Sky Sports has announced. The pace bowler played 90 Tests for England and has been a popular figure in broadcasting since his retirement in 1984. Willis' family released
ONE of Northern’s brand new trains has been vandalised – only a matter of weeks after entering service. The unit, 195103, arrived at Bradford Interchange station at 1.40pm today with its paintwork daubed with graffiti. One onlooker said: "It's
RAIL minister Chris Heaton-Harris confirmed all Pacer trains should finally be off our tracks by next May – providing Northern Rail “keep to their word” – on a visit to the district today. Mr Heaton-Harris said delays in the manufacturing process
THE Bulls are understood to be in talks with former Hull FC prop Levy Nzoungou. John Kear is looking to add another forward to the pack after the recent capture of Wakefield’s Anthony England. And 21-year-old Nzoungou is believed to be in his
THE UK's worst street for broadband speed is more than 800 times slower than the fastest, an annual survey has found. Kingsclere in Huntington, York, was identified as having an average speed of 0.22 megabits per second (Mbps), 830 times slower
What the odds of snow on Christmas Day? At the moment the chances of seeing the white stuff on December 25 are looking fairly slim for much of the country, if the latest information from forecasters the Met Office, and bookmakers is to be believed
ILKLEY Town Council has declared a climate emergency - with a pledge to do everything it can to make the town carbon neutral by 2030. The emergency was declared at a meeting on Monday after Mayor Cllr Mark Stidworthy said the 2030 target would not
A COLD snap is due to hit Britain just in time for election day on December 12, forecasters have warned. Meteorologists at the Met Office have predicted that a wintry spell will arrive for election week, covering the UK in frost and seeing temperatures
THE trial of two schoolboys accused of setting fire to a charity's adventure playground has been adjourned. The 15-year-old and 13-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will now stand trial on Wednesday, January 8, at Bradford Youth
Former Macclesfield manager Sol Campbell wants the club to be wound up because debts have not been paid, a judge has heard. Judge Catherine Addy was told on Wednesday that Macclesfield bosses owed a "very large" amount of tax and owed Campbell
The entry of Azfar Shah Bukhari into the race for Bradford West certainly raised some eyebrows. Given that Mr Bukhari will not be in the country, let alone the constituency, for the duration of the campaign - he will remain in Pakistan for work
A CHARITY is no longer dancing in the dark following a fundraising initiative by Bradford Chamber of Commerce. The business support organisation has raised £2,225 for Bradford-based charity, Dance United Yorkshire to support vulnerable groups in
A SCHOOL has paid a heartbreaking tribute to a teenage boy who tragically died in a car crash while abroad on holiday. Heartfelt messages have poured in following the sad news of the death of Raees Farid, a Year 9 pupil at Beckfoot School, Bingley
MORRISONS' highly-rated finance chief has been promoted to chief operating officer, putting him into pole position to take on the top job when current chief executive David Potts steps down. Trevor Strain will give up his position as chief financial
THREE teenagers have been charged over a robbery at a retail park. It happened on Monday night at the Currys PC World store in Birstall. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "Three juvenile males aged 14, 16 and 16 appeared before Leeds
SIR – There is a lot of hysteria about the dishonesty and untrustworthiness of our PM and Donald Trump. They may have a point but since when did everyone else become paragons of virtue? Let’s be honest, not only are lies told by politicians but people
SIR - To the Labour Party MPs in Bradford district and those within the boundaries of Colne in Lancashire, if you gain office at the election will you push for the re-opening of the Skipton to Colne line? This must be a priority. This would be
A DRIVER with no licence or insurance was caught driving her grandchildren home in Bradford. Bradford police's Steerside Enforcement Team said the woman was stopped in Thorpe Edge. The team described the incident as "unbelievable" and said
As the festive season gets into full swing Bradford (Park Avenue) have asked supporters to spare a thought for those less fortunate. The club have held a number of collections over the years to support our local food bank at Wyke and has a permanent
By Stephen Ferrie, VAT Consultant, Armstrong Watson BACK in the dim and distant past I began my tax career as an HM Customs and Excise trainee VAT officer. Armed with my briefcase emblazoned with ‘ER’, I was often approached with suspicion, fear
COMMUTERS heading onto the M62 may face long delays this morning as traffic queues tail back for seven miles. The delays are caused by two incidents this morning which both led to lane closures. Congestion is building in and around junction
The Telegraph & Argus has opened this online book of condolence to collect tributes to Abdul Farid and 13-year-old son Raees, who have died in a road accident in Turkey. RELATED: Tributes paid to Bradford father and son killed in Turkey crash
VOTING is underway for the Yorkshire Choice Awards 2020, with a number of Bradford individuals, organisations and businesses in the running. Cleckheaton firm LMB Group, which picked up the Independent Business of the Year prize at the 2019 awards
NEARLY 300 cannabis plants were found during a police raid on a Ravenscliffe property last night. Officers from both the early and late shift on the Bradford East neighbourhood policing team were involved in the raid, which saw a man arrested and
A BRADFORD father and son have been killed in a car crash in Turkey, it has been reported. Turkish media has said the crash happened in the Serik district of Antalya. It's understood the crash involved the vehicle the pair were travelling
COUNCILLORS will decide whether to approve a housing plan for a site in Steeton at a meeting on Thursday. Proposals to build 11 houses at Holly Fold will go before members of Bradford Council’s Regulatory and Appeals Committee when it meets in City
SOMEONE called 999 for help because their "house was haunted". The nuisance call was revealed by West Yorkshire Police's Contact Management Centre. A spokesperson said: "The police can assist with many things, but one thing we can't help
A DRIVER didn't spot a marked police car at the side of him...because he was chatting on his phone. PC Claire Gray, a Bradford-based Roads Policing Officer who appears regularly on Channel 5 show Police Interceptors, shared the details. She
THESE shocking pictures of a crash on the M62 have been released by police. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway at junction 30 at 11pm yesterday. A West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
MORE THAN 600 people suffered an alcohol-related death in Yorkshire last year, new research revealed. The study, published annually by the Office for National Statistics since 2001, looks at deaths caused by diseases known to be a direct consequence
SHOULD political parties be permitted to produce election material that resembles a local newspaper? That question has been thrown to the fore in this current general election after it has emerged that all three of the main parties attempting to
This week our nostalgia feature takes us back to the Seventies, when Christmas consisted of paper advent calendars with a picture behind every door, highly flammable garish decorations and a good chance of snow on Christmas Day. Love looking at
A NEW go-karting track has opened at the site of a historic Bradford mill, hoping to provide a fun, family environment with a few twists along the way. Hoverkart Mania opened on 24 November, at Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, and co-founder John
APPLETON ACADEMY has become the sixth school in the Bradford district to shut due to an outbreak of norovirus in the space of less than a week. The all-through school for pupils aged from 3 to 19, which is in Wyke, announced on Monday that it would
NEW plans for the site of a pub that burned down earlier this year would “create a positive first impression” to people arriving to Bradford. If the plans are approved a restaurant and mini retail park would be built on the former Gallopers pub
A BRADFORD mum on a mission to raise awareness about her son's muscle-weakening condition has raised more than £200 for charity. Mum Heather Lewins, has been supporting Muscular Dystrophy UK in a bid to research treatments and possible cures for
WEST Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed that the cause of a fire that broke out in Girlington last week is still 'under investigation' by the authorities. The fire - which happened last Thursday night on Girlington Road - caused damage
A FIRE that broke out in Bradford city centre last week was "accidental", although the cause of it remains "undetermined", West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service confirmed yesterday. Last Thursday, clouds of smoke travelled across the city centre
TAXI and private hire drivers have welcomed moves from Leeds City Council to encourage the installation of CCTV systems in their vehicles. But the authority stopped short of suggesting CCTV should be mandatory, due to concerns around passenger
COUNCILLORS have been told of the "challenging" financial pressures facing local health organisations. Clinical Commissioning Groups plan and fund health care in local areas, and local CCG representatives recently gave an annual update to Bradford
GENEROUS staff at Tesco's Canal Road store have again donated trolley loads of gifts for the Telegraph & Argus Toys and Tins Appeal. The store has also made provision for a collection point for customers to donate items they have bought so vulnerable
JORDAN Gibson is poised to get his stop-start season back up and running. The City winger has not featured since the Leasing.com Trophy tie at Bolton at the beginning of September. But he came through another 60 minutes in another behind-closed-doors
February 2014: CITY 1 (McHugh 90) PORT VALE 0 PHIL Parkinson is not even 50 days into the two-and-a-half year deal he signed as Sunderland’s latest manager in October. But already the former Bantams boss is feeling the heat after a sticky start
BRADFORD & Bingley were three minutes away from recording an excellent away win at second-placed Morley before eventually losing 23-20 at Scatcherd Lane. The game was nip and tuck from first to last, despite the freezing and murky conditions, this
JOHN Kear has reiterated the Bulls’ stance of sticking by their youth. Bradford will head into their 2020 campaign with a trimmed-down squad from before. That means a bigger opportunity for those coming up from the club’s famed academy system
NEWPORT defender Kyle Howkins has been released from hospital after suffering a nasty head injury in the FA Cup win over Maldon & Tiptree. The League Two club - who visit the Bantams on Saturday - announced the news on Tuesday, days after the game
DETAILED plans for 32 affordable homes in Birstall are being recommended for approval when the scheme goes before planners tomorrow. The bid, by Stonewater Housing Association, is for a 1.05 hectare site at Fields Head Lane near to Oakwell Country
BRADFORD Council has been urged to approve plans for the first stage of a multi million pound enterprise zone “without delay.” Last month work on the multi million pound Gain Lane Enterprise Zone began. When completed, the scheme will have created
THE Conservative party is today announcing a major multi-billion boost to trains, buses and trams to “transform” transport in the region. The party says a new, devolved and long-term Local Public Transport Fund will give eight combined authority
