Shocked Joe Vagana is hoping to clear his name and have a first-ever ban overturned. The long-serving Bulls prop tonight got hit with a two-game suspension and £300 fine by an RFL disciplinary panel. Vagana was sent off for an illegal use of the forearm
Planning chiefs have given the green light for a striking addition to Bradford's skyline. Irish firm McGinnis Developments has unveiled its £65 million Beehive Mill scheme near Thornton Road - a 22-storey residential and shopping complex near the University
Brighouse Town 1, Eccleshill Utd 2 Eccleshill edged a narrow win at Brighouse Town in tonight's friendly fixture. United broke the deadlock with Paul Baker's first goal for the club. Youngster Marvin Edmundson then netted a late winner moments after
Silsden, beaten 4-0 by Bradford Park Avenue at Cougar Park on Saturday, are in friendly action tomorrow night having arranged a clash with Tyersal. The Cobbydalers will not begin their season on Saturday due to a Keighley Cougars fixture at their rented
Steve Newton moved from Horsfall Stadium to Clayborn during the close season to become the new Liversedge boss and he will be up against his former club in tomorrow night's friendly. Newton was in charge of Avenue's reserves last season and had two spells
Primary school pupils have recorded the district's best results in English, maths and science. There was a marked rise in all three subjects in this year's Key Stage Two Standard Assessment Tests (SATS) - taken by ten and 11-year-olds. Some 75 per cent
Leeds manager Dennis Wise made up for lost time yesterday by signing NINE more players, 24 hours after making Danish goalkeeper Casper Ankergren his first close-season capture. Midfielders Curtis Weston and David Prutton, defenders Matt Heath and Rui
Peter Thorne will NOT face Macclesfield at Valley Parade on Saturday. City's new striker has made only two pre-season outings as he battles against the effects of a slight hip problem. Boss Stuart McCall reckons it would be "crazy" to pitch the 34-year-old
City could be in position to splash the cash on a player for the first time in six years. Stuart McCall is still looking to add to his squad on the eve of the League Two kick-off. McCall is in the market for at least one more winger and a striker to
St Bede's duo Aimee Teteris and Leanna MacLean both showed winning form in the Amsterdam Open at the historic but renovated 1928 Olympic Stadium. Teteris clocked 2min 3.69sec to clinch the 800 metres A race, passing the pacemaker and confidently leading
Promising youngster Mark Thwaites scored his first Premier Calendar points after turning in a superb performance at the National Road Race Championships in South Wales. Thwaites, from Burley in Wharfedale, finished 18th in the 106-mile event based around
Real ale needs to shed its "old man" image to capture more female drinkers, says the Campaign for Real Ale. About eight in ten women have never sampled the drink in a pub, according to a CAMRA survey. An appetite for real ale among women does exist,
Wibsey's bowlers will have a 40-point advantage as they take on Eccleshill in the final of the Sharpes Estate Agents-sponsored Howarth Cup at Shipley Club on Sunday (2pm). The draw has produced some exciting encounters, including Malcolm Wilkinson against
The new owner of disaster emergency company ICM Computer Group has helped several companies to continue operating during this summer's flooding. The company said many of its clients made use of its services during the extensive flooding suffered by areas
Set top box maker Pace Miro technology has announced a new business win with television giants BSkyB. The Saltaire-based electronics firm has won additional business to produce Digiboxes for the company for the 2007 financial year. Under previously-awarded
The family of a Bradford GP who died of cancer have organised a seaside trip for patients in her memory. Urmila Gupta, who died of lung cancer, aged 71, used to organise and pay for seaside excursions for hundreds of her elderly patients. Her brother
Parts of Ilkley Moor have been declared to be at high risk of fire. The Met Office's official Fire Severity Index said parts of Ilkley Moor untouched by last summer's fire were at risk. The official guide also declared a level four risk in its five-level
A builder who became depressed after badly injuring a leg in a work-related accident hung himself, an inquest heard. The body of Kevin Smith, 47, was found in the garage of his home in Oaks Lane, Fairweather Green, Bradford. In a written statement,
A restaurant dubbed the largest curry house in the world will reopen under new management this month. The Aakash in Cleckheaton, which can seat more than 800 diners, has been bought by a Manchester property tycoon for £1.7 million. Dr Quasim Abbasali
A mother-of-one who had been addicted to drugs since the age of 15 killed herself by taking a massive overdose of anti-depressants, an inquest heard. Kelly Reynard, 29, died at Bradford Royal Infirmary after taking at least 20 times the average amount
A taxi driver is believed to have been chasing two passengers who tried to make off without paying the fare when he collapsed and died of a heart attack. Parvez Akhtar, 49, known to his family and friends as "Ch" Adalat Khan, is understood to have driven
A "cunning" businessman whose cost-cutting led to a near-fatal accident involving one of his workers has been jailed for six months. Shah Nawaz Pola had denied being responsible for running a Bradford building site where a Slovakian man suffered what
A New Forest pony born and bred in Queensbury has won a championship at an international show in Holland. Highfox Forever, a ten-year-old mare bred by Paul and Diane Hadwen, of Upper Spring Head Farm, Laneside, was the only pony awarded a perfect ten
Police are appealing for help to catch a robber who forced his way into a pensioner's home. The woman, in her seventies, was pushed and her handbag stolen after a man burst into her home on Moorland Road, Pudsey, at 11.30pm yesterday. Police say he
Firefighters have freed a six-year-old boy stuck in a climbing frame. The distressed youngster got his leg trapped in the bars of the frame at Pudsey Park, in Market Square, Pudsey. A crew from Stanningley Fire Station tried to free him with grease
Police are appealing for witnesses after a taxi driver was punched in the face by a teenager in an England shirt in Market Place, Birstall. The driver, whose window was wound down, was approached by three men. One reached into his silver-coloured Toyota
A sixth man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Bradford businessman Teddy Simpson. Police said the Bradford man is being quizzed by murder squad detectives. Another man, arrested on Sunday, is still in custody. Detectives have been
A father-of-two charged with attempting to kidnap two young women in Shipley has appeared before a judge at Bradford Crown Court via a video link with Armley Prison in Leeds. David Thomas was charged last month after alleged incidents at Shipley railway
A Bradford bar that was the scene of a shooting last month could be closed down permanently because police fear further crimes would take place there. The West End Bar in Lumb Lane, Manningham, was closed by police for the weekend after a man was shot
Archers will go back to basics for the Yorkshire Longbow Championships this weekend in Cross Hills, Keighley. Some competitors are likely to dress in medieval clothing for the championships on Saturday. The Yorkshire Archery Association is hosting the
Keighley Bridge Club has held its annual Swiss Team event. Among those present were Yorkshire Contract Bridge Association chairman Philip Mason and vice-chairman Graham Jepson. Clubs from across Yorkshire and just over the county border took part in
The cream of the crop has been announced in an annual competition to find the most green-fingered residents and businesses in Ilkley. Ilkley In Bloom enlisted independent judges to inspect the floral efforts of business premises, nursing and care homes
The fate of a Guiseley estate's peacock population will be decided next week. Feelings have been running high in the Hawkstones area ever since Councillor Graham Latty responded to complaints by suggesting moving the birds to a new home. Coun Latty,
SIR - It seems our numerically-challenged Council's estimate to maintain a Needle Fountain' was initially £18,000 per annum. Now, miraculously, it suddenly transpires it will only' cost £8,000 per annum. A few questions arise: What was included in
SIR - On August 1, the pillar box for stamped envelopes by Asda store was full, almost to the brim. It is high time both sides in the post office dispute, whether occurring internally/externally, showed more responsibility to the general public. Usual
SIR - The recent controversies over documentaries on both the BBC and ITV make me feel, flippantly, that they should all be preceded and concluded with a showing of the Morecambe and Wise brilliant sketch with Andre Preview (Previn) who, upon complaining
SIR - I am a writer who is researching a book which will be published in 2008, and will consist of the last letters to loved ones before dying. It will be an intimate, emotional, sensitive, homage to the person involved and I hope to include a photo
SIR - I hope my MP, Terry Rooney, read the letter by Gordon Dean (T&A, August 1) regarding the two fine Yorkshire cricketers, Adil Rashid and Ajmal Shahzad. They are the products of an excellent system whereby youngsters from school boy level upwards
SIR - Joint committees of the Commons and Lords are distinguished political animals, and one of them has just published a critical review of the government's Draft Climate Change Bill. The committee members recommend that the Government should reduce
SIR - Global warming is obviously with us - there's no doubt about that. Many scientific reports say that this occurs often in our world's history. I certainly cannot (nor would not) question that. The only thing that is now different is that the
SIR - As someone from the very southern tip of God's Own County (Tottenham) may I praise your photographers on the splendid Yorkshire Day pictures (T&A, August 2). What a tonic to see Town Cryer Kevin, Pudding Hatted Sue, Peter, Cindy and Helen with
SIR - The report about David Cameron's second visit to the Lighthouse Project (T&A, August 1) was very encouraging. At last the Tory Party, through their Leader, is displaying some much required good old fashioned sense when he calls for much more
SIR - Just recently as I've read the awful headlines about, for example, the yobbish behaviour in Ivegate (T&A, July 30), I've found myself desperately thinking of the wonderful Spamalot/Python song, Always Look On The Bright Side of Life, as some
SIR - Douglas Hartley's common sense chimed with the views of many Bradfordians and effectively pulled the plug on Lake Ludicrous. My repeated warnings regarding the irreversible pollution of Bradford Beck have at last been heeded. The Beck will not
SIR - I feel so sorry for the gentleman featured on the front page (T&A, July 30), his life is being made a misery by mindless, drunken yobs in the centre of Bradford. Unfortunately, picking the centre of the city to set up home was probably not a
SIR - I live in Idle and our garden backs on to Idle recreation ground, which I use at least twice a day walking my dog. I am sick of picking up mangled tin cans left by the grass cutters. They seem to cut the grass till the cows come home, but never
Rodley continued their march towards a fourth successive Dales Council League title with a 25-run victory at Shipley Providence. Steve Hirst hit 60 for the champions elect. Paul Slater was run out for 99 on the last ball of Pudsey Congs' innings against
Yorkshire have already had "a brief chat" with England fast bowling prospect Stuart Broad and they will step up their efforts to sign the 21-year-old paceman by holding further talks with him at a date still to be arranged. In addition, they have offered
Popular Aussie Brendan Rawlins plans on firing the Cougars into National League One during his second year at the club. The strong-running prop, who arrived from NRL outfit Wests Tigers earlier this year, has agreed a new deal for 2008. Rawlins, 21,
Bradford Northern legends such as Keith Mumby, Karl Fairbank and Brian Noble will all don their boots at Odsal on Saturday to help raise money for a former player. Martin Potts, who debuted as a full back with Northern in 1985 having come through the
Primary school children in Bradford have produced the district's best ever results in English, maths and science. In all three subjects, based on Sats - Standard Assessment Tests - taken this year by 11-year-olds, there was a marked rise. Some 75 per
Oakworth, like last year, are in with a good chance of taking both the Wynn Cup and Cowling Cup back to Cure Hill. On August 19 they tackle Cullingworth in the Wynn final - a game which they unusually go in to as underdogs on this year's league form.
After last week's excitement of two days' cricket without rain, the weather turned on Saturday morning to plague cricketers in the Craven League. Games in the west of the region suffered more than the others, with nine games not starting and another
Denholme were crowned Division One champions after a comprehensive victory at Baildon Meths. Steve Hethrington (35) and Gareth Marshall (50no) laid the platform as they put on 87 for the first wicket. After Hethrington's dismissal, Chris Thompson (52no
Bradford-based Finance Directors Yorkshire Limited (FDYL) is to appoint two new finance directors to its operation in Yorkshire - Zoë Cooper and Kate Barrett. After qualifying with Price Waterhouse, Miss Cooper took on senior financial roles with a number
Thornton went down by six runs to Mytholmroyd. Mark Higgins took four for 33 as the home side reached 227 for nine in their 45 overs. Thornton's reply got off to a good start with Andy Hutchinson (49) but a middle order collapse stalled the chase and
Tariq Azam's six for 12 for Paper Print knocked the stuffing out of West Riding Sunday Council League rivals United, who crashed to 58 all out. Paper Print went on to win by eight wickets. Euro Windows were all out for just 69 against Harehills, who
All-rounder Nick Brook guided Burley to a fourth successive victory as their late-season surge carried them into third place in Division One. Burley won by six wickets at relegation-threatened Follifoot, Brook making his fourth half century of the season
Yorkshire all rounder Tim Bresnan was frustrated by the New Farnley scoreboard as much as anything else in the 154-run victory that left Townville still eight points clear of Wrenthporpe and Methley in the Central Yorkshire Premier Division. After one
A Bingley teenager was badly injured when the car she was in smashed into a wall last night. The 17-year-old was a passenger in a Peugeot 206 which crashed in Beckside Road, Lidget Green, Bradford, at about 11.15pm. She was described as being in a poorly
It is sometimes overlooked by those who live in the more urban parts of Bradford that the metropolitan district contains a great deal of agricultural land and has a population which includes many farmers and their families. These people, understandably
When you're a parent of very young children you tend to have unrealistic expectations of what will constitute enjoyment for your children. Okay, having checked with my wife I now have to amend that opening sentence to say: "As a parent of very young children
Four pupils from Newhall Park Primary School in Bierley have won a gymnastics competition. BJ Mellor and Lucy Richardson, who are both seven, and six-year-olds Amy Watson and Jenny Lord have won the Year One and Two event at the Tong School Sports Partnership
There seems no stopping the growth of the Kobra badminton tournament at Oakbank Sports College. The tournament, in its fifth year, attracted 260 entries - a rise of a phenomenal 50 per cent from 2006 - from 12 counties - West, North, South and East
Competitors may have come from as far afield as Stourbridge, Salford and Billingham but that didn't stop City of Bradford Swimming Club gaining a healthy haul of medals in their Open End of Season Meet at Shipley Pool. Medals for club members were numerous
Bradford's Dean Burnett brought home a gold medal from what is believed to be the United Kingdom's largest disability junior athletics competition. The Haycliffe School student won the boys' under-13s 100 metre sprint against some stiff opposition.
Farsley Celtic were due to play Huddersfield Town tonight but the Terriers asked for the game to be cancelled. Farsley manager Lee Sinnott got a call from his opposite number Andy Ritchie and the pair mutually agreed to shelve it. "So close to the start
In 1957, The Quarry Men, an early version of the Beatles, made their Cavern Club debut in Liverpool. In 1960, Fidel Castro nationalised all American-owned property in Cuba in retaliation for US economic aggression'. In 2000, in Australia, a 19-year-old
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Jamie Thomas Green, aged 25, of Roundwood Avenue, Ravenscliffe; driving without insurance, £70 fine, £40 costs, licence endorsed; driving without a licence, £30 fine; driving without MOT, £30
A Bradford businessman was among four men killed when a helicopter owned by a Bradford firm crashed into a field. Father-of-two Tim Mark Newburn ran the TM Newburn Group generator company in Low Moor. He died alongside Gary Priestley, 39, of Lees Buildings
Police are investigating the death of a Bradford taxi driver found collapsed close to his cab in a village near Doncaster. Parvez Akhtar, 49, was found in Ruskin Drive, Armthorpe, at 5am on Sunday. A post-mortem examination was carried out but the results
Policing in Bradford is to undergo a radical overhaul as the number of divisions covering the district is reduced from three to two. A review of the boundaries of the three divisions - Bradford South, Bradford North and Keighley - is being carried out
Work starts today on repairing three sections of the Bradford ring road. Bradford Council is warning motorists to expect delays while essential work is done on the A6177 at Carlisle Road, Manningham, Horton Grange Road/Great Horton Road and Rooley Lane
The lengthy saga of a melting road has been resolved after a visit by Council highway bosses. The Telegraph & Argus reported last month how Gareth Gregory, 39, had been in dispute with Bradford Council about the road in Northdale Crescent, Bankfoot,
A mother is taking an eight-year fight for justice over her daughter's death to the European Court of Human Rights. Jean Pearson is preparing to represent herself at the court to claim for damages for her daughter's life, which she says was unnecessarily
A show judge today told how she watched in horror as Queensbury mother Kay Sutcliffe was kicked to death by her horse. Rebecca Walker was only yards from Mrs Sutcliffe when the 14-month-old filly "rodeoed" and kicked her behind the ear. Miss Walker,
