David Hockney's The Splash has sold for more than £23 million at auction. The 1966 piece by the Bradford-born artist depicts the spray from a dive into a pool on a perfect blue California day. It last sold at Sotheby's in 2006 for £2.9 million
A man who was about to start studying at a West Yorkshire university to pursue his 'dream career' in medicine has died after a large fight. Emanuel Gabriel Simon, aged 33, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital following the incident
A FAMILY living in an Incommunities home have been evicted due to anti-social behaviour. West Yorkshire Police's Shipley team posted on its Facebook page to tell people about the development this evening. The force championed partners coming
POLICE seized a vehicle after the driver tried to use a "doctored" temporary policy. Officers from West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit spotted the red Audi on the M62, near junction 27 (Gildersome) at around 5.46pm. The vehicle was
9:49pm STUART McCall celebrated his first win back as City manager after a stirring second-half comeback against Stevenage
A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with wounding after a stabbing in Keighley. Police received reports of a stabbing in the area on Tuesday afternoon. Officers from West Yorkshire Police's Operation Jemlock team descended on the scene.
A MAN accused of murder told a jury he cried when he learned his alleged victim had died. Suleman Khan was giving evidence in his defence about the events surrounding the death of Mohammed Feazan Ayaz who was beaten and humiliated at the Denholme
THE government has "finally recognised" the importance of bus and cycle services with a promised £5 billion investment - it has been claimed. Councillor Kim Groves, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee, was responding
THE demolition of a city centre warehouse continued at pace yesterday. A section of Sunbridge Road was closed on Monday after a building had become unsafe. The warehouse was deteriorating anyway, but Storm Ciara - which raged over the weekend
SOME 50 years ago, art students from Bradford university created the first ever Bradford festival with a difference. The timing was perfect as enthusiasm for street theatre or Underground entertainment was becoming very popular. And the festival
POLICE are appealing to unite some "unusual items" with their owners after an unrelated arrest. Officers from West Yorkshire Police's Bradford West team detained a man earlier today. He was found with some "unusual items", but was arrested
DRAMATIC raids unfolded at properties across Bradford today in a major cross-border operation to crackdown on ‘county lines’ drug dealing. It involved 70 police officers from both West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Police, with support from the
TRAFFIC was held on a major motorway for almost an hour after a vehicle fire and spillage. The incident happened at around 2.40pm on the westbound carriageway of the M621, heading towards junction 27 (Gildersome) to get onto the M62. Vehicles
A PRE-school has cause for celebration after receiving an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. Inspectors visited The Villages Pre-School in Eldwick in December and in a report said: "The highly qualified pre-school owner has high expectations for children
DARREN Tetley has has signed for MTK Global. The unbeaten Holme Wood born fighter has put pen to paper on an an advisory deal with the management company. MTK provide professional support for hundreds of boxers including the likes of Tyson
These eerie images show inside an abandoned juvenile detention centre where Jon Venables was detained following the murder of toddler James Bulger. Red Bank secure unit in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was shut down five years ago but urban explorers
BRADFORD has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the 20 best places for doing business in the UK. The city came in 15th on the paper’s best places for business 2020 guide, beating Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Belfast and Nottingham. Judges
HS2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged more than 10 years ago. Here are the key dates in the history of the project: - January 2009: Labour establishes HS2 Ltd to examine the case for a new high-speed rail line. December 2010
TEN numbers relating to the HS2 high-speed railway project: £32.7 billion: Original budget for HS2 at 2011 prices. £88 billion: HS2 Ltd's estimate of the final bill at 2019 prices. 60 minutes: Journey time saving between Manchester and
BORIS Johnson has given HS2 the go-ahead and will appoint a new minister to oversee the project. This is despite fears over its cost and impact on the environment. The news was announced moments ago. Read more about that here... The
BRADFORD & Bingley Sports Club are counting the cost of flooding for the second time in five years after Storm Ciara struck. The River Aire burst its banks under the weight of rainfall and the Wagon Lane ground quickly became a watery landscape
LATEST: PM gives green light to HS2 appointing dedicated minister for the project HS2 has been given the go-ahead by Boris Johnson in Parliament today. The Prime Minister confirmed the news moments ago. Opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn
POLICE investigating a fatal collision at the Coniston Hotel where a Baildon woman was knocked down and killed in the hotel grounds, are urging anyone who was near the scene at the time to come forward. Judith Wadsworth, 66, who is understood to
A CASE of a deadly dog disease has been confirmed in a local town. Veterinary specialist referral centre, Anderson Moores, revealed there are nine new cases of "Alabama Rot". One of these was found in Otley. It brings the total number of
The leader of Bradford Council has called on the Government to provide support immediately for flooding victims at the hands of Storm Ciara. Homes, businesses and property across the Bradford district were flooded and ruined as the storm hit all
SILSDEN'S Toolstation Northern Counties East League League Cup clash at home to Nostell Miners Welfare tonight has been called off, meaning Danny Forrest's men are set to have a fortnight's break between games. The game at the Cobbydale Construction
WHEN Angel Phiri hangs out with pals at her youth group - setting off on a trip, playing games, listening to music or just having a chat - she knows she’s not alone. Like Angel, they are young all carers. And, thanks to Shipley-based charity Carers
BRADFORD faces days of freezing temperatures and snow showers, according to weather forecasters. As the distrcit recovers from the floods and building damage caused by Storm Ciara over the weekend a cold front is bringing further weather misery
AS things stand, City's Sky Bet League Two fixture against Stevenage is still set to go ahead tonight at Valley Parade, the club have confirmed. Bradford is still recovering from the aftermath of Storm Ciara with heavy winds and rain effecting
POLICE have issued images of three people in Bradford they would like to identify. The first is in relation to a burglary that took place on January 20 in Bradford. The second relates to a man that police are trying to identify after a public
A MAN feared someone had been injured or attacked when he saw lots of blood on the floor inside a convenience store in York early this morning (February 11). But police say the blood was as a result of a "nosebleed." Harry Robson said he stopped
Chancellor Sajid Javid refused to be drawn on the Government's decision on HS2 but said there would be an announcement later today (Tuesday). He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We're going to have an infrastructure revolution in this country - I've been
THE annual Reading and Leeds Festivals have revealed the first wave of acts for this year. The two other headliners, alongside former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher who was announced back in November, will be rock band Rage Against The Machine and
PROP James Whitcombe had to be at his best as England U20s pulled off a somewhat backs to the wall job to beat Scotland U20s 21-17 in Edinburgh and earn a second successive Six Nations win. The Keighley prospect was in the starting XV at Myreside
4:28pm That is the end of today's proceedings. The cross-examination of Suleman Khan will continue tomorrow at 10.30am
A 13-YEAR-old boy has been injured in a road traffic accident in Shipley. The collision involved the pedestrian and a white Ford transit van shortly before 8am this morning on Carr Lane at the junction with Hollin Lane. Officers from West Yorkshire
TWO schools in district are closed today in the aftermath of the high winds and heavy rain that has hit the district in recent days. Cottingley Village Primary School closed down yesterday after three quarters of the school building was flooded
PLANS to demolish a hall in a conservation area and build seven homes instead have been lodged. Holroyd Miller estate agents has applied to redevelop the site at Oxford Road in Gomersal, near to the former Red House museum and Gomersal Public Hall
MOTORISTS on the M62 are being warned to slow down around junction 23 due to snow and strong winds in the area. Highways England tweeted that there was a sprinkling of snow around the Scammonden Dam area, advising drivers to take care on their
THE BEST and worst performing Bradford secondary schools have been revealed, according to their "Progress 8" score. The Department for Education has released its annual dataset, outlining the overall performance at the end of key stage four of
WORK to remove fly tipping from Network Rail land in Bradford has been pushed back because of the “sheer volume” of rubbish dumped. A frustrated Tyersal resident, who does not want to be named, got in touch with the Telegraph & Argus to share her
THE team behind Bradford’s Business Improvement District (BID) say it got off to a great start in its first year – but there’s a lot more to come. The BID is due to hold its Annual Meeting today when it will present its first annual report to many
A PHOTOGRAPHER will be celebrating 'the beauty in decay' in his new exhibtion at Trapezium, Bradford. Launching on February 22, Simon Sugden is sharing his photos of the district's abandoned mills, houses and hidden spots after a popular show at
The conversion of a vacant pub into a shop would improve the appearance of one of Bradford's busiest routes, according to planning officers. Last year an application to convert the former Shoulder of Mutton on Thornton Road into a shop with a new
MORE focus on cycle links and better protection for trees are just some of the features of Bradford’s new housing strategy. Bradford Council’s decision making Executive approved the Homes and Neighbourhoods Design Guide at a meeting last week.
A £19 MILLION enterprise zone on an empty Bradford site is one of a number of schemes discussed by West Yorkshire Combined Authority last week. The authority, made up of representatives from five local Councils, agreed to over £35m investment in
NEW analysis released today shows that Bradford City has the highest number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Yorkshire and England as a whole. Diabetes UK revealed 10.81 per cent of Bradfordians - equalling more than 12,000 people -
A ROAD in a new housing estate will be named Ian Greenwood Way, after Bradford Council's former leader. Social housing provider Incommunities are currently building forty family-sized homes for rent on the site of a cleared housing site at Bolton
A MENTAL health hospital in Bradford has improved to achieve Good rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) The health watchdog visited Cygnet Hospital Bierley, on Bierley Lane, in November. The rating marks an improvement for the hospital
A BRADFORD-BASED academy trust has come second once again in national performance tables. Dixons Academies Charitable Trust LTD got a multi-academy trusts (MATs) Progress 8 score of 0.72. This put the Trust just 0.02 behind Star Academies -
Name: Katie Paine Teacher at: Belle Vue Girls Academy Subject: Maths What made you decide to be a teacher? During sixth form I coached gymnastics and multi-skill sports which sparked a passion for working with young people. I studied
STUART McCall is not alone on the managerial comeback trail. The City boss has just started his fifth spell at Valley Parade and third in the hot-seat. The man in the opposition dug-out tonight is back in charge of Stevenage for a fourth time
KEIGHLEY lost 32-17 at Selby on Saturday, and were left counting the cost of more than just a defeat which left them stuck in the Yorkshire One relegation zone. They lost influential centre Sean Kelly through illness on the morning of the match,
IF BRADFORD is missed off the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail it would be “a slap in the face of the city” as rumours surround the future of the station. Doubts have been raised over whether the city will be included in the proposals with reports
ATHLETICO made it two wins on the bounce as they cruised to a 4-0 win at Leeds Medics & Dentists in Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division. The hosts went close several times in the first half but the Bradford side took the lead after 38 minutes
THE Bradford Motor Club’s Yorkshire Centre Championship at Yarnbury near Grassington was cancelled at the eleventh hour after a top level emergency meeting by the organisers. The remote former lead mines high on the moors was not the place to be
STUART McCall wants City to follow a three-point philosophy as they prepare for his second game: Improve, learn and succeed. Bottom club Stevenage provide the opposition tonight on a Valley Parade pitch that expects to survive the effects of Storm
A MAN is behind bars awaiting a lengthy jail sentence after pleading guilty to 12 charges arising out of the Operation Errantdance drug dealing crackdown in Bradford East. Sahir Haroon, 30, of Aberdeen Place, Lidget Green, Bradford, was arrested
