The Cougars have snapped up utility man Brian Sutton from Featherstone Rovers in time for tomorrow night's National League Two opener. The 22-year-old has answered an SOS to come straight in for the clash against Hunslet Hawks at Cougar Park. With FOUR
Otley skipper Ian Shuttleworth knows his side are on a hiding to nothing on Saturday but they haven't given up the fight against relegation. Champions-elect Leeds Tykes come to Cross Green with the possibility of securing the National One title and promotion
Manager Dennis Wise is free to take up his position in the Elland Road dugout when Leeds United face Plymouth on Saturday. Wise was fined £4,000 and given a suspended one-match ban at an FA disciplinary hearing in Birmingham yesterday. He was charged
Second-placed Wibsey hope to return to the top of the West Riding County Amateur League Mumtaz Premier Division at home to Storthes Hall on Saturday. They are two points adrift of leaders Brighouse Town but have played two games less. The Bradford side
Some teachers working in new-build schools in the district do not drink during the day as there is no easy access to toilets, a union official has revealed. Ann Nash, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' health and safety officer for the Bradford
A family's holiday to Africa ended in tragedy when two people died in a car crash and several others were injured, including a former Bradford scout master. Phil McKirgan, of East Bierley, was travelling with his wife, two sisters and brother-in-law
Mark Bower Column:There's a lot gone on this season and people have different opinions about how and why things have gone wrong. But there's no point dwelling on that now. We've got a six-game season starting at Bournemouth to pick up as many points
David Wetherall wants City to follow Bournemouth's escape manual in their scramble to get out of relegation trouble. The Cherries had been down among League One's dead men for most of the season. But a spirited recovery, which has seen them win six out
A tree recognition day for children, explaining how to identify the most common species, takes place at the White House at Otley Chevin from 10am to noon on Saturday, April 21, priced £1 per child. Under-eights must be accompanied. Over-eights need to
Knowles Court Residential and Nursing Home has invited older people who live nearby to join residents in marking BUPA's Communi-tea Week, from Monday, April 16, to Sunday, April 22. Afternoon tea and a quiz will be held at the home, in Knowles Lane,
Up to £1.6 million is up for grabs to help children and young people. Grants of £250 to £7,000 are available from the Local Network Fund for voluntary and community groups working with youngsters up to the age of 19. For help completing forms, sessions
Swedish visitors will be VIPs at City Hall when they get a tour round its corridors courtesy of the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Choudhary Rangzeb. Coun Rangzeb will welcome the group for a tour of the historic hall on Thursday during their stay
The football team at Christ Church School, Skipton, has been kitted out with new shirts by Bizzie Lizzie's fish and chip shop. The sponsorship deal came about as teacher Christa Baldwin's fiance Darren Pighills is a fish fryer at the Swadford Street,
Detectives have arrested a Bradford man after the Telegraph & Argus published a photograph of a suspect fleeing a burglary on a mountain bike. Police had appealed for help in tracing a man who was captured on CCTV cameras, pedalling down Moor Lane, Gomersal
Skipton's Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) branch raised £13,795 with its 2006 Wings Appeal, to win the regional trophy for the second year running. Wharfedale ATC Squadron helped to raise £7,000 of the total and also received a trophy. To join the
Momentum for the Telegraph & Argus 10,000 For Our Team campaign has spread around the world. Bradford City fans have been making pledges for the campaign to give the Bantams the cheapest tickets in football from as far away as Southeast Asia. Stephen
Hundreds of people are expected to descend on Saltaire for its 26th Day of Dance on Saturday, May 5. New workshops include Southern USA gospels, spirituals and swing and a clog and Irish step combination. More than 45 song, music and dance workshops
Keighley-based Disability Support has received a coveted honour. The group has been presented with a Duke of York Community Initiatives Award, from the St William's Foundation. The presentation was made at a ceremony in Leeds by Dr Ingrid Roscoe, the
The Buttershaw Millennium Green Trust is holding an Easter event on Tuesday, at the Green, next to Royds Healthy Living Centre on Buttershaw estate. Painted hard-boiled eggs can be entered for a best-decorated egg competition and there will be an Easter
A spring tune-up session by Fagley-based walking group Footsteps attracted a lively group of adults and children despite the wet weather. Bookings for the next cook, eat and walk' event on Thursday are looking healthy. Participants prepare lunch, eat
A substantial amount of cash was stolen after a house was broken into in Heckmondwike. Thieves smashed a window at the house, in Hill Top Estate, Kilpin Hill, while it was unoccupied. Police were alerted by a neighbour who saw a suspect making off.
WASHBURN VALLEY: The heaviest fish caught this week was a 5lb 8oz rainbow trout caught by Alan Robinson, using Orange Fritz. Fewston: Fishing excellent, 7.3 average and big fish being caught - ace of spades popular fly. Swinsty: Also fishing excellent
The mood within the squad at Farsley Celtic remains optimistic despite a recent dip in form and they will be desperately trying to reverse their fortunes when they travel to Hyde United tomorrow evening. The clubs are rivals for a play-off place in the
After an unbeaten March saw them earn the club of the month award, Guiseley are hoping to take that form into the busy Easter programme, starting tomorrow at Whitby Town (3pm). Their run has hauled them right back into the play-off mix ahead of a period
Liversedge aim for their second Bradford derby victory in two weeks when they entertain Eccleshill United in the Northern Counties East Premier Division on Saturday. Gerry Quinn's men beat Thackley last month but have suffered back-to-back defeats since
Some of the most creative budding businessmen and women in the Bradford district have begun showcasing their business ideas to the public. Seven winners of the Enterprise Island contest are displaying their business ideas in Saltaire. Among them are
Residents are campaigning against controversial plans to build 74 new homes on the site of a former reservoir. David Wilson Homes has applied for permission to build houses and access roads at the former Baildon Bank reservoir site in West Lane, Baildon
Bradford-based new media technology company Webmotion has moved into new state-of the-art premises to accommodate its recent expansion. Webmotion has moved from its office in Chapel Street, Little Germany, to the Bradford Design Exchange on Peckover
The next round of major roadworks due to hit the main A65 road through Ilkley has been delayed until at least May. It was originally believed that Bradford Council and United Utilities would agree the best time for the three week gas mains replacement
Bradford peer Lord Patel has continued his outspoken criticism of Government policy on mental health. The chairman of the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC) has called for a South African-style Truth Commission into perceived racism in the system.
Police are trying to trace a distinctive car used as a getaway vehicle by burglars who struck at supermarkets in Bradford. Raiders attacked the Tesco's store in Halifax Road, Buttershaw, at 1.45am yesterday and, minutes later, targeted Tesco in Great
Work is being carried out at Bradford schools to help make the curriculum and buildings more accessible for pupils with disabilities. A report will be presented to the next meeting of Bradford Council's Young People and Education Improvement Committee
Four in ten young Bradford criminals put on a flagship community punishment scheme are flouting the order, new figures show. A total of 81 youngsters breached the terms of the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) in just two years,
A man who claimed he fell asleep and failed to pay for a taxi journey pleaded guilty at Skipton Magistrates' Court. Gareth Beck, 24, of Dovelands, Sutton-in-Craven, also admitted racially aggravated harassment to the driver of Station Taxis. Both offences
A scheme giving food to homeless and deprived people, which nearly folded last year due to lack of donations, now has so much food it is appealing for volunteers to help distribute it. The Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank nearly closed last summer - six
Firefighters were called to a pub when a blaze broke out on the upper floors of the building. The landlord of the Pinebury Inn, in Queensbury, rushed upstairs to find the fuse box on fire after hearing the fire alarm at 1.50pm yesterday. He tackled
A Government minister has been asked to help Bradford man Kevin Quill finally clear his name after his Thai drug smuggling case has dragged on for seven years. Mr Quill, 45, former boss of Bradford's Fighting Cock, Diplomat and Idle Cock pubs, spent
Yorkshire Forward boss Tom Riordan helped celebrate a milestone when he became the 100th interviewee for Bradford accountant David Warren's business programme on BCB 106.6FM radio. Mr Warren, a partner in Cottingley accountancy practice MGI Watson Buckle
Young people in Bradford and their employers could be better off thanks to a new training programme being launched throughout the district. The Learning Agreement is one of eight pilots being rolled out across England. The West Yorkshire team is led
Bradford Park Avenue have appointed Benny Phillips as their new manager ahead of tomorrow night's home game against Shepshed Dynamo. Phillips joins Avenue from UniBond Premier Division leaders Witton Albion where he was assistant manager to Jim Vince
Gay policeman Mark Carter is to embark on a 21-mile row on Lake Windermere for his latest fundraising venture. The Bradford bobby was crowned Mr Gay UK in September and has pledged to use his title to raise money and create publicity for charities.
A can of petrol and a bag of rags were discovered on top of a damaged speed camera. Cleckheaton firefighters attended the scene in Hightown Road, Liversedge, at around midnight on Wednesday. The camera was damaged by fire but not destroyed. Police were
Firefighters were called to a settee which had been set on fire outside a factory. A crew from Keighley Fire Station spent 15 minutes putting out the blaze in Heber Street, Keighley, at 9.15pm on Wednesday. The flames spread to boarded-up windows on
A LandRover Freelander was destroyed after being set on fire in a lay-by in Goose Lane, Hawkesworth. Rawdon firefighters attended at 9.30pm last night.
The number of people treated in Bradford hospitals for booze-related illnesses has soared in the last year. Department of Health figures show that 1,469 people were treated for alcohol-related illnesses at accident and emergency wards across the district
Many people will surely be disappointed to hear that Bradford is being suggested as the possible location for the first Muslim academy in Yorkshire. We have long held the view, and expressed it many times in this column, that however well-intentioned
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Lower Grange: alterations to rear external staircase, 51 Oaks Lane. Manningham: two-storey extension to rear of property, 37 Rose Street. Menston: detached dwelling in garden
Javed Bashir is a visiting scholar for the International Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, a visiting fellow of the University of Bradford, a Community Harmony Award winner and a governor of the Holy Family Catholic School in Bradford. Philip
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Gareth Asquith, aged 26, of Apsley Villas, Manningham; theft, curfew for one month. Jonathan Mark Green, aged 28, of Kenton Way, Holme Wood; two counts of theft, jailed for three months suspended
SIR - Last year, with my husband, I managed to go to every Status Quo concert on the UK winter tour, a total of 31 concerts in six weeks. I met so many people who had stories to tell about their experiences of seeing Status Quo. As a result I am compiling
SIR - My local bus shelter has been vandalised again. I would like to know what satisfaction these vandals get from destroying public and private property. What good are they to society or themselves? As adults they could be thugs, muggers, rapists and
SIR - Persistent apologists for the "People's Party" like Mr Tasker may find it difficult to reconcile a Budget whereby taxation for the lowest earners has effectively doubled from ten per cent to 20 per cent, while those earning higher levels of incomes
SIR - I was grateful for the publication of my letter re the loss of the "Flea Market". It appears that as usual the general apathy means there have been no letters backing me over this issue! I have been assured verbally by other stallholders and ex-customers
SIR - Thank you for publishing my letter regarding the article on Idle (T&A, Down Your Street, February 27) to which I have received a few replies, all pointing out I forgot to put my maiden name. Would you be kind enough to include this letter in your
SIR - The RNID, the national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, is seeking nominees from your area for the first-ever RNID Community Awards and I would like to invite readers to take part. We will be celebrating the hard work of people who
SIR - Apparently Tony Blair has expressed "deep sorrow" for the slave trade. I do not believe, as a nation, we should be apologising for something that our ancestors did. I also feel it is quite ironic that Mr Blair is apologising for something he had
SIR - It seems the Labour candidate for Wrose and Windhill has no idea of how the Council is run, though she thinks she knows all about Wrose Library and its proposed closure (T&A, March 27). She erroneously claims the Lib-Dems seek "to criticise the
SIR - So Leeds Bradford Airport is to be sold (T&A, March 29). To the best of my knowledge the facts about the sale have not been put before the shareholders, ie the inhabitants of Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees. Maybe it will
SIR - The thing I most noticed when returning to this country in the late 1970s after nearly ten years in Australia, was how slim people looked compared to Australians. That country had a huge weight problem, particularly in schoolchildren. Australia,
SIR - My recent debunking of the gospels has triggered condemnation from any number of correspondents, including A Clarke and Michael Bromley (T&A Letters, March 28). Accordingly, might I reply to all my Christian critics collectively? The gospels begin
SIR - In reply to "Leeds born Bradford bred" on who is this Jesus? (T&A, Rants & Raves, March 25), he has been one of Bradford's characters' for some time, ever since I was a pupil at the Moravian Church School at Fulneck in Pudsey in the early Sixties
SIR - Coun Warnes calls me illiterate because I state two truths. Firstly that there is a scientific debate about whether climate change is man made or not. This is a demonstrable fact, not something I made up. Secondly, that we are, as a species, squandering
SIR - I will leave the man-made climate change deniers to their own beliefs from now on as the letters from Messrs Chapman and Goldsbrough (T&A, March 29) show such a determination to ignore the observed science. However, I would point out that the hole
SIR - We have now heard the case for the opposition to global warming from CO2, and what a collection of misconceptions they are. Firstly, all planets have elliptical orbits and they are very stable. There is no evidence that there has been any change
Peter Grant returns to Batley Frontier Club tonight and he can't wait. "There's always a great atmosphere there, it's kind of old school with a good northern audience," he says. "I always try and get northern gigs included on my tours. Most of my work
In 1621, the Mayflower set sail on her return voyage to England. In 1964, automatic driverless trains began operating on London's underground system. In 2004, an Argentinian father of 37 children was trying to persuade local authorities to provide free
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was today praised by the Audit Commission for its strong performance. The spending watchdog's study singled out the West Yorkshire brigade for particular praise saying that it was improving strongly' on what was
