The devastated father of a Bradford schoolboy shot dead on holiday in Pakistan has paid tribute to his son. Ten-year-old Hamza Nisar was killed as he opened the gate of his grandfather's house on his way to prayers at a mosque in Mirpur. His father
Manager Dennis Wise takes Leeds United to his old club Southampton on Saturday, believing the pressure is nothing compared with the anxiety he felt when his children were about to be born. Wise knows the final three matches of the season hold the key
Wibsey can steal a march on their West Riding County Amateur Mumtaz Premier Division title rivals tomorrow night at home to Lower Hopton (6.15pm). The leaders have had to bring forward their match as they share their ground with cricket side Westwood
The highlight of the local amateur rugby season takes place on Sunday at Odsal Stadium with the finals of the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup and the Hudson Foster Supplementary Bradford Cup. Queensbury meet Birkenshaw in the main Jack Senior event
Yorkshire leg-spin sensation Adil Rashid stunned Surrey by snatching four late wickets in a 15-ball spell on the second day of the LV Championship match at the Oval today. The 19-year-old's heroics followed an epic Yorkshire ninth-wicket stand of 246
An environmental health manager for Bradford Council has apologised for any offence caused by a letter published in a magazine in which he gives his views on smokers. The letter by David Clapham, principal environmental health manager for Bradford Council
A teenage boy was fighting for his life in hospital today after being found hanging from a tree in the grounds of a Bradford secondary school. The 16-year-old boy is thought to have been discovered by a group of teenagers in the grounds of Hanson School
Karaoke crooner Mark Pearson has beaten his own Guinness Book of Records time for solo singing. The 34-year-old plumber from Keighley was just a few hours short of the 40-hour target he set himself - but he still broke his own solo singing record by
KEIGHLEY AC The club has received reports of anglers fishing for pike on the River Aire. Any members caught doing this will be brought before the committee and expelled from the club under rules 3A and 4. Anglers caught by the Environment Agency could
Bowling Old Lane have done plenty of work off the pitch throughout the winter. Now they hope to make an impact on it as the new JCT600 Bradford League cricket season starts on Saturday. Division Two champions Old Lane have to wait until a week on Saturday
The Yeadon-based Ellmore Construction Group has picked up three key health and safety awards at this year's Northern Counties Safety Group awards ceremony. Site manager Dave Charlton collected an award for health and safety excellence for the second year
Having been pipped for the title on the final day of last season, Steeton go into the new campaign with their squad strengthened by the return of left-arm spinner Mark Akrigg after a year out. They introduce a new overseas player in top-order left-hand
Bradford City will be opening its doors at Valley Parade on the anniversary of the Bradford City Fire Disaster in 1985 so bereaved family and friends may make their own commemorations. These acts of remembrance will take place on Friday, May 11, and the
Passengers and the media were left grounded at Leeds Bradford Airport for over five hours when a scheduled publicity flight was hampered by weather conditions. The Air Atlantique Flight, a 60-year-old DC-3 Dakota propeller plane, was unable to take off
A focus day is to take place for all grandparents who are either full-time carers of their grandchildren or denied contact with them. The event, organised by the Grandparents' Association, takes place on Friday, April 27, between 9.30am and 2.30pm at
People with hearing problems can discover the joys of spring with a special guided walk at Oakwell Hall and Country Park, Birstall, at 2pm on Monday, May 7. The two-hour May Day Walk, held as part of Deaf Awareness Week, will be led by park ranger Richard
Bradford-based construction firms looking to build up their contacts will have the perfect opportunity on Tuesday at the Constructing Networks Open House evening at the Tramshed in Saltaire from 5.30pm. Organised by Bradford-based construction marketing
An organ recital by Andrew Teague is being held at Bradford Cathedral next Wednesday. The recital starts at 1.05pm and there will be a buffet lunch. For more information call the Cathedral on (01274) 777720 or e-mail information@cathedral.bradford.anglican.org
Bradford Salem second row Damien Cope won't be able to make a farwell apperance at home to Scarborough in their re-arranged Yorkshire Division One match on saturday. Damien Cope chipped an ankle bone during last Sunday's EDF Energy Senior Vase final
The number of pupils being suspended in Bradford for racial abuse is falling, bucking the national trend. According to official figures, there were 48 suspensions in Bradford over 12 months, down from 51 in 2003/04 - a decrease of almost six per cent
Youngsters who have made a positive contribution to their community can be nominated for the Manningham, Heaton and Frizinghall Young Person's Citizens Awards 2007. It is organised by the SAFE project to hail unsung heroes aged up to 18. Category winners
Cleckheaton face National League Three North opponents who still feel they can avoid relegation on Saturday. They entertain Darlington, who are clinging to the hope that thumping five-point wins over Cleckheaton and Orrell, who like Cleckheaton are already
Wharfedale have delayed selection for their National League Two game at Stourbridge on Saturday. The Greens defeated Harrogate 40-22 in the Corries Solicitors Yorkshire Cup semi-final on Wednesday night, so flanker Hedley Verity is being rested. The
Otley coach Peter Clegg admits his side are odds-on to go down from National League One. They are at Exeter on Saturday, but he hasn't been fazed by the alterations of the table which has made Otley's position even more precarious. Otley now trail third-from-bottom
Bradford & Bingley's head coach Geoff Wappett is to leave the club at the end of the season to become director of rugby at North Division One club Hull. Wappett, who has been released from the final year of his contract at Wagon Lane by mutual agreement
Police are hunting this woman, who took part in a vicious assault on another woman outside a nightclub. The female attacker was captured on CCTV during the incident in Morley Street, Bradford, at about 2am on Monday, March 5. The victim of the assault
The restoration of a Tyneside landmark is being made that much easier thanks to a firm from Bradford. Clamps designed by Lindapter International have been selected for use on the renovation of the historic Newcastle High level Bridge for use in girder
Solicitors in Keighley and Bingley are to lobby Courts Minister Harriet Harman for her support over their claims they are being "unfairly penalised" in new legal aid boundary proposals. And they have won the backing of Keighley MP Ann Cryer who believes
Injury-plagued Bulls will still go all out to rip into Hull tomorrow, with Steve McNamara insisting: We won't die wondering. The boss has been dealt another double blow ahead of the Super League confrontation, with Lesley Vainikolo (knee) and Chris Feather
Rookie Bulls prop Craig Kopczak makes his first appearance of the season at the KC Stadium tomorrow. The Bradford-born forward debuted against Huddersfield last Easter Tuesday and played in the following game at Warrington but hasn't featured in the
Ben Harris hopes to be among the try-scorers again tomorrow after finally breaking his season duck. The Bulls centre hadn't scored in the opening 11 matches until sprinting over against Hull KR on Sunday. Now he's looking to make up for some lost time
Three men and a woman accused of murdering father-of-two Andrew Ayres have had their case adjourned by a judge at Bradford Crown Court. Andrew, 50, known as Ted, died at the city's Royal Infirmary after an early-hours incident outside the King's Head
A Bradford-based medical research company posted a pre-tax loss of more than £770,000 in the six months up to January 31. Syntopix blamed the losses on increased expenditure but said it was moving to bring its finances in line and generate improved revenue
Remember when the most interesting names on the forecourt were Sierra and Metro? Things have changed a bit now. We have Cee'd (Kia) Crossfire (Chrysler) and perhaps the most interesting of all, Qashqai from Nissan. Now cynics among you may consider than
Three games left and nine attainable points is what is driving Silsden on as they end their season in mid-table comfort in North West Counties Division One. On Saturday they travel to the west coast to take on Formby, who are second from bottom but may
Thackley face a difficult match on Saturday with the visit of Retford United, who are pinning their hopes on winning the Northern Counties East Premier Division title. Thackley (from): Pickering, Shah, Boocock, Howland, Mathers, Walters, J White, King
Ray Price will be in charge of Eccleshill United for Saturday's visit of Armthorpe Welfare, following the decision of Steve Watson to stand down with just two games of the season remaining. United did suffer a 6-0 reverse at promotion hopefuls Garforth
The chief executive of a charity and all his staff have been sacked by the board of trustees following an investigation into "procedural and financial irregularities." Magistrate Bary Malik, 53, was dismissed from Asian Disability Awareness Action in
Guiseley will be aiming to snap out of their draw sequence after four stalemates when they cross the Pennines on Saturday to take on struggling Radcliffe Borough in the UniBond League Premier Division. Terry Dolan's men were unstoppable in March, sweeping
David Wetherall is calling for cool heads in City's relegation shoot-out with Leyton Orient on Saturday. City can pull themselves out of the bottom four and above the London side with their first win at the Intersonic Stadium in 2007. But a ninth home
There should be a fantastic atmosphere at Throstle Nest on Saturday when the Celts take on Workington with the two rivals for promotion from the Conference North going head to head. The stands could be packed as a half-time penalty shoot-out is planned
An anniversary ball to celebrate the 400th year of Ilkley Grammar School will be held at the Craiglands Hotel on Saturday May 19 at 7.30pm. There will be a drinks reception, a three-course meal and a dance. Tickets, £35, are available for one week only
Momentum is gathering for the multi-million pound scheme to transform a town. Around 50 developers - including national companies - showed their interest when Craven District Council advertised its Skipton Developments scheme. It includes creating a
The sports wing of a Keighley community group has raised £250 for the children's unit appeal at Airedale Hospital, Steeton. BCA United, part of the Bangladeshi Community Association, collected the cash by holding a charity football league. A group of
A £400,000 bid for Lottery money to help transform the Glusburn Institute, near Keighley, has been turned down. The building's management committee was hopeful that the Big Lottery Fund would come up with the lion's share of the £500,000 it needed.
Having gone a long way towards claiming a place in the play-offs, Bradford Park Avenue's new manager Benny Phillips is urging his players not to rest on their laurels. It should be a good match in front of a big crowd at Horsfall Stadium on Saturday
Police are hunting vandals who daubed blue paint on a statue of Saltaire founder Sir Titus Salt. The attack happened in Roberts Park at the World Heritage site. Bradford Council is in the process of compiling a bid for nearly £5 million of grants to
Children can take their teddy bears to a storytime session at Yeadon Library next month. The event, part of Share A Story month, is on Monday, May 14 from 2pm and is for the under-fives.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a new board of governors after recent elections. Members of the foundation trust have elected seven new public and patient governors and re-elected three. Staff members have also elected three new
Airedale NHS Trust has moved a step closer to achieving foundation status after the Department of Health gave it the green light to formally apply to become a foundation trust. Work is now beginning on Airedale's application, including a three-month
Salt Grammar School, in Higher Coach Road, Baildon, is holding a reunion for former pupils from the classes of 1980. The evening, at 7.30pm at Baildon Woodbottom Club, on Friday, June 22, is also open to teachers from that time. For further information
To anyone under 50, the idea that Volvo is a thrusting, exciting brand may come as a shock. Most of today's motorists were brought up to regard the Swedish brand as safe, solid yet dull when compared to other executive models like BMW and Audi. But it
Hollyoaks actress Carley Stenson is urging people to put their walking boots on and get 'Out in the Open' to raise money for Yeadon-based Epilepsy Action, the UK's leading member-led epilepsy charity. Epilepsy Action is holding its annual nationwide
A man who blasted an old friend with a shotgun has told a jury that he only intended to "frighten him". Bradford Crown Court has heard how Paul Stephens was shot in the stomach after being driven to an area near arches at Bridge End, Brighouse, in March
Police are appealing for witnesses after a suspect punched and kicked an officer trying to arrest him. The officer attempted to arrest the 19-year-old man, on suspicion of a public order offence, in Smithfield Avenue, Brighouse, but the teenager ran
A Bradford clergyman will be doning his tracksuit to raise funds for child poverty charities. Anglican minister the Rev Jon Salmon, 41, of St John's Church, East Bowling, Bradford, is aiming to cover more than 50 miles over two challenges. First up
A sea of colour will flood a church at the funeral of a 38-year-old "loving" wife and mother on Monday. Ann Louise White had been a familiar face at Bingley Football Club, where she helped out the club chairman and her husband of 20-years, Peter White
Mark Bower column We couldn't have a bigger incentive to win this weekend than the chance to get out of the bottom four. That would give everyone a boost, although I'm sure there will be a few more twists and turns yet. We're looking in a much healthier
Billy Paynter has not heard a peep out of Southend boss Steve Tilson since he signed for City in January. The Shrimpers have not been in touch once to check how the big striker is getting on. But you won't hear Paynter complaining - nor his growing
Metro is urging Bradford passengers to sign up to its free e-mail update service. By filling out an on-line form, people will receive information on special offers, a What's On guide to places to get to by bus and train and details of travel hold-ups
The Jamie Langley column We've had to order a new set of tackle bags this week because of Dave Halley! He was really, really nervous in the build-up to his debut and you could see it in training. We were doing some tackle drills and Martin Clawson
The Telegraph & Argus have teamed up with Tetley's to offer two fans the chance to win a pair of tickets for the Bulls' clash with Warrington at Grattan Stadium on Sunday, April 29. Click here to enter
Serco, the firm which owns Education Bradford, has announced that its US business has landed a major contract with the American navy. Serco will provide engineering and installation services at ship, shore and submarine locations on the west coast of
City fans can now buy their tickets for Saturday's huge clash with Leyton Orient after a systems failure at the Intersonic Stadium blocked sales for nearly three days. A problem with the computers in the ticket office meant that nothing could be sold
Another year, another Budget delivered by the Chancellor, and already students are moaning at the price of alcohol and cigarettes rising. Should this really be their primary financial concern while at university? As a student myself I know the cost of
SIR - Re Mike Priestley (T&A, North of Watford, April 14), I too have admired the newly-built but still empty Shire House. Iconic? Perhaps not, but certainly eye catching . And with the adjacent Gatehaus development, nearby Eastbrook Hall apartments,
SIR - It was recently revealed that Prince Harry flew 6,000 miles for a reunion with his girlfriend in Barbados. This is not unique as at least one million Britons are in long-distance partnerships. This is another example of our present culture that
SIR - In reply to Dave Murgatroyd, (T&A, April 9), I am from Scotland and proud of that fact. Our whisky is one of the country's most popular drinks and is shipped all over the world, especially to the USA. I don't see this happening with "English beers
SIR - We have had a fulsome apology for Mr Des Browne's error of judgement and I feel we should let it go at that. However more seriously we should address the growing politicisation of the senior command in the Armed forces, especially the Royal Navy
SIR -David Wilkinson (T&A, April 2) admonishes Philip Davies MP for daring to put forward a Muslim idea that originated in Australia, where for the sake of unity in that Commonwealth country, members of the Islamic Faith first floated the notion. I see
SIR - Younger people with ME did not have a dedicated online group until we launched Growing up with ME at http://groups.google.com/group/growingupwithme. Here they can share experiences of their illness, tips and advice, make friends all over the world
What a success story they have to celebrate at Carlton Bolling College! And what an example they've set to other schools - and, indeed, to Bradford itself, a city which is striving to turn around its own fortunes. CarltonBolling has shown that anything
SIR - I'm working on a project entitled Laughing at Hitler' in which I'm discussing such programmes as ITMA, the wonderful raspberry' song by Spike Jones and films like The Goose Steps Out! in which teacher' Will Hay gets a youthful Nazi (Peter Ustinov
SIR - I would not have thought it was necessary to fly the Union flag above mosques. The flag of St George is often seen to be flying above Church of England churches but I would point out to Mohammed Sajia that the Union flag is much more than the official
A man has been charged with the murder of a ten-year-old Bradford schoolboy in Pakistan. Hamza Nisar was on a three-week break with his parents to visit relatives in Mirpur when he was shot dead. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We understand a suspect
SIR - If Bradford's to get a windfall from the sale of the airport, don't let's fritter it away. Let's do something big with it. Look what little Gateshead has achieved with the Angel of the North, the Baltic, the Sage and the Millennium Bridge? Culture
SIR - The lady from "Noo" York (T&A, April 12) asks why I left Australia. In a word, "Boredom" - Australia is, roughly, a third bush, a third scrub, and a third desert, with a large rock in the middle but not much else. Britain has incredible variety
SIR - Stories about people standing in line for hours to register with a new dental surgery are becoming more common. I feel the Government has lost the plot on dental care and fallen short in its estimates of how many dentists would leave the NHS and
SIR - In response to Ray Wilkes (T&A, April 11), it is of no surprise to me our political masters levy a lower-than-previous council tax rise prior to local elections. No change either when Council employees are granted free parking while the populous
Environmental health chiefs have ordered a top hotel chain to fix a collapsed pipe which has caused sewage and kitchen waste to flood a couple's garden for 18 years. Paul and Carol England say the regular influx of effluent and waste from the Ramada
Les Miserables School Edition King's Hall, Ilkley It's unfortunate that this excellent production of one of the world's most popular musicals has, for licensing reasons, been saddled with the tag of School Edition', which perhaps gives the wrong impression
The use of images of the Bradford City fire disaster on an internet humour site have been condemned as "beyond sick" by a man whose brother, father, grandfather and uncle perished in the blaze. The US-based site All4Humor.com advertises itself as a home
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Anthony Brown, aged 40, of Wyke Cote End, Wyke; two counts of breach of anti-social behaviour order, £125 costs, curfew for one month; failure to surrender to custody, no further penalty. Roman
A Bradford secondary school has been ranked "outstanding" by Government inspectors little more than two years after being identified as failing its pupils. In December 2004, Carlton Bolling College in Undercliffe remained in Ofsted's special measures
Tomorrow night at St George's Hall Sir Willard White pays tribute to the late great black American singer Paul Robeson. The programme includes negro spirituals, Russian songs, classic early jazz songs, British folk songs and classics by George Gershwin
Bradford City today played down suggestions that stadium sponsors Intersonic are facing financial problems. Fears among fans were raised when the electronics firm, who succeeded Bradford & Bingley as the name sponsors of Valley Parade in December, were
Iestyn Harris feels the time is right for the Bulls to end their Hull hoodoo. The club could go clear at the top of Super League tomorrow night if they defeat the Airlie Birds at KC Stadium. Bradford have suffered there before, though, losing in three
The start of the ten-year stretch from 1927-37 saw Bradford Northern suffer one of the most miserable runs by any professional club ever but, by the end of the spell, the seeds had been sewn for a remarkable transformation. On the back of continued financial
Thousands of Leeds United fans who wanted to stand up and be counted at Derby on the final day of the season have been foiled by police. The match, on Sunday, May 6, is a potential championship-relegation decider and tickets are sold out. Derby allocated
Eccleshill United confirmed the resignation of first-team manager Steve Watson yesterday. His assistant Ray Price will handle affairs for the last two games of the season. A statement issued by the Plumpton Park outfit said it was with great regret that
Jacques Rudolph marked his Yorkshire debut with a sparkling century against Surrey on the opening day of LV County Championship season at the Brit Oval yesterday. And the South African and Bradford-born Adil Rashid stunned the hosts by featuring in a
Bradford Salem have received some good news about their injured prop Simon Davies. The skipper was carried off on a stretcher late in the second half of their 18-13 Twickenham defeat to Northwich in the EDF Energy Senior Vase final last Sunday. A broken
In 1881, British politician and novelist Benjamin Disraeli died. In 1999, the Reichstag in Berlin re-opened. In 2004, a punter won nearly £900,000 with a £4 bet, after picking the winners of six horse races. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph &
