An ice-cool pilot kept his nerve to land a plane safely after four of its tyres burst at Leeds-Bradford Airport. Sixty passengers were able to get off the plane without a scratch - thanks to the BMI pilot's skill. Fire crews from nine West Yorkshire
A businessman accused of a national bank fraud has been explaining to a jury why he lent a "flashy" Bradford property dealer £100,000. Manjit Power, 43, said Juga Singh was persuasive and manipulative and had people "dancing to his tune". Singh, 38,
Police have named a man who continues to fight for life after an assault. A photograph of Donald Hobman, 67, was also released in a bid to trace his movements before he was attacked. Mr Hobman was found with serious head injuries in Denby Drive, Baildon
A man and a woman have been arrested by police investigating an hit-and-run accident which has left a young woman fighting for her life. The 24-year-old pedestrian was crossing Mayo Avenue, near to Mayo Road, in Bradford, at 2am last Sunday when she
A converted flat is being used by police as a base to build closer links with residents in Shipley. PCs and Police Community Support Officers are using their new home in Crag Road, Windhill, to provide doorstep reassurance to people in the area. Incidents
Steve McNamara got locked up on Tuesday and had to spend the night in the cells. But don't worry, he isn't facing a stretch inside. Jailbird' McNamara was doing his bit for charity, helping raise more than £7,000 for the Lord Mayor of Bradford's Appeal
Fish and chip shop boss Colin Robinson gave armed robbers a verbal battering when they pointed a gun at his assistant. The pair of raiders turned and fled when Mr Robinson appeared and bellowed at them. "I didn't have time to be frightened. I was just
A disgraced businessman who used his furniture importation business as a front for smuggling millions of "bootleg'' cigarettes is now facing a confiscation bill totalling more than £110,000. Gerrard Strange, 51, was jailed for 33 months back in November
Iestyn Harris has urged the Rugby Football League to go British when looking for their new international boss. He has also bemoaned the drain of coaching talent that has drifted to rugby union. The hunt is on for the new Great Britain chief after the
There's still time to get your bouncing baby snapped for our popular 2007 Happy Tots - but hurry! Photographers will be at the Kirkgate Centre in Bradford up until Saturday to take pictures of children up to the age of three. The Telegraph & Argus is
Dawn raids on suspected drug dealers netted a shotgun, narcotics and cash, police said today. Several addresses in Keighley were raided early on Tuesday and Wednesday morning and eight men were arrested. Teams of officers swooped on houses in the Knowle
Home Office minister and Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe has vowed to protect the public and not let dangerous criminals out of prison in a bid to ease overcrowding. He hit back after the Government was accused of "criminal negligence" by the Prison Reform
A Bradford soldier has been honing his skiing skills in the breathtaking scenery of the French Alps. Private Luke Brier, 19, who has been practising Nordic (cross-country) skiing for only four weeks is now taking part in Exercise Pipedown, the Championships
A historic music shop that has had a presence in Bradford for more than 130 years is shutting up shop. Williams Music Group is seeking to relocate its Williams Music store - popularly known by its old name Wood's - on Manningham Lane, to smaller premises
A campaigning school dinners guru who chucked out the junk at a pupils' canteen has been rewarded by model behaviour from the children. Astonished teachers say that after Jackie Cordingley took charge of the menu at Carlton Bolling College, and binned
Gus Poyet could be forced back into action as a player to help Leeds' desperate fight for Championship survival. The Elland Road assistant manager laughed off the suggestion after he donned his boots to play in a warm-up game on the club's training trip
Bradford champion Wayne Cooper has enjoyed a productive week, setting up a clash with seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry. The pair will meet in a one-frame challenge at next month's T&A Classic after Cooper won the qualifying competition at Cue
Bradford Union captain Tim Wade has vowed to follow up last season's inter-district title with more success this summer. Speaking at the Bradford Union's annual dinner at Cedar Court, Wade insisted his side were hungry to retain their Yorkshire crown
Colin Todd today reassured City fans: Nathan Doyle is ours for the season. The Bantams are still waiting for Derby to rubber-stamp the youngster's loan move for the rest of the campaign. But they do not anticipate any more hold-ups in getting the deal
An independent think tank' report calls for the release of more green belt land for house building. The Policy Exchange report, Best Laid Plans: How Planning Prevents Economic Growth, claims that current planning regulations have led to low supply, artificially-high
Bradford councillors have thrown their weight behind a campaign to ensure basic English courses for adults remain free of charge. The Government plans to end entitlement to free English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses later this year.
The Down Syndrome Support Group, Bradford, holds its annual meeting on Friday, January 26, from 7pm to 9pm at Field Sport and Social Club, Hollingwood Lane, Bradford. The meeting will celebrate the achievements of children in the district who have Down
Tommy's, the baby charity has teamed up with Asda and Peppa Pig, the BAFTA ward winning children's programme, to launch a new fundraising initiative. Throughout January and February Bradford shoppers can visit Asda to buy a Peppa Pig bin badge costing
The Meningitis Trust is appealing for adventurous individuals from Bradford who are looking for a challenge in 2007. The Three Peaks Challenge takes place from July 6 to 8 and will see participants climb the UK's three highest peaks - Snowden, Sca Fell
In 1533, King Henry VIII and Anne Bolyn were secretly married by the Bishop of Lichfield. In 1919, the League of Nations was founded. In 2005, the last four Britons were released from Guantanamo Bay. They were all held for about three years without
Politics can be a dirty game but for one Bradford MP toilets need to be put higher up the agenda. Shipley MP Philip Davies has tabled a parliamentary motion urging local authorities to understand the problems faced by disabled people using public services
A 144-home scheme branded the "wrong development in the wrong place" has been turned down at appeal. Developers wanted to revitalise a former Horsforth mill which had stood empty since 2000, leaving it open to vandalism, theft and occupation by travellers
A father-of-four took to the steps of Bradford's new police headquarters as it opened to the public today as part of self-declared campaign for justice. Parading a board that read Stop indifference and injustice before the victim is you', Mohammad Alyas
An MP has criticised banks for targeting the poorest and most honest people in Bradford with hefty charges. Keighley and Ilkley MP Ann Cryer is urging people in the area to check whether they can claim back penalty charges from their banks. She criticises
A licensee had to fight a blaze at his pub after it was firebombed. Henry Filio leapt into action when he heard an explosion and saw flames as he stood talking to staff at the Robin Hood in Silsden. He grabbed a hose pipe from his cellar and managed
Bradford Council's campaign to get traders and manufacturers to pack in excess packaging will move to Ilkley next week. Shoppers at South Hawksworth car park can learn more about the problems created by excess packaging at a special roadshow to be held
Andy Lynch is convinced big mate Ryan Hudson will bounce back from his drugs hell. The talented pair both made dream moves to the Bulls from Castleford Tigers in 2004 but their fortunes quickly headed in massively different directions. Lynch - last
A Taize style service will be held at Christchurch on The Grove, Ilkley, on Sunday at 6.30pm. It is a reflective service, with repetitive chants and relatively long periods of silence for prayer and meditation. Taizé, in the south of Burgundy, France
Tribute has been paid to a popular former Ilkley College student and youth worker who has died aged 36. Philip Chilambe Kunda, died at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, following a failed liver transplant. Originally from Zambia, Mr Kunda studied at
An NHS primary care trust organisation in Bradford has been named one of the top ten employers for nurses in the country. North Bradford Primary Care Trust - which is now part of Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT - was ranked as number nine out of the
The hunt is on for this year's Otley carnival queen. Event organisers will spend the next two weeks visiting primary schools, urging girls to enter the contest. They will also be inviting boys and girls to design the carnival poster. Carnival chairman
Line-dancing classes are being held in Bradford to raise money for a dog re-homing centre threatened with closure. Rodeo Go Line Dancers are launching their Save K9 Rehoming Project in aid of the K9 Rehoming Centre, Ivy Cottage Kennels, in Ned Lane,
Major plans are being drawn up to transform Keighley Railway Station into a transport centre fit for 21st century travellers. The project will aim to bring modern facilities to the station without losing its importance as a historical landmark. Potential
Water works scheduled for Ilkley town centre will reduce The Grove to a one-way street for up to three weeks, starting on February 11. Yorkshire Water says diversions will be brought in as it continues its two-year water mains replacement work. But
Hundreds of pounds could be given to police by Ilkley Parish Council next month to buy officers a new bicycle. A proposal to spend £600 on a bike for the use of Ilkley-based Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and regular officers is likely to
Police are appealing for witnesses after 14 flagstones were stolen from the gardens at Manorlands, the Sue Ryder Care hospice at Oxenhope. The flagstones are believed to have been taken sometime between Sunday, January 14, and Monday this week. Police
Health officials will being asked to explain why it is taking so much time to provide a new medical centre in Addingham. Keighley MP Ann Cryer and Addingham Parish Council chairman Gordon Campbell will meet officials from the Bradford and Airedale Primary
Ways to improve facilities for young people and the computerisation of the town council were approved during Otley Town Council's budget meeting. For the first time in more than ten years, the council set a pre-cept increase of under the an-nual rate
With temperatures expected to fall and a higher risk of snow this week, vulnerable people are urged to get help making their homes warmer. The Warm Front Initiative is giving grants of up to £2,700 to those most at risk - the over 60s, parents with a
Thousands of pounds are to be spent on repairs at Addingham's scout hut. Addingham Parish Council has agreed to step in and part fund the repairs to the roof, which is suffering major water leaks. Parish council chairman Gordon Campbell said: "We have
One-legged swimmer Ernie Adams has gone to great lengths to raise hundreds of pounds for charity. The 60-year-old retired builder swam 197 lengths at Shipley Pool non-stop in just under four hours and made around £700 for the West Yorkshire Multiple
A new play area perfect for toddlers in Silsden is on the horizon if the town's Youth Council can secure sufficient funds. The group of young people has chosen the play area for its next project and will need to raise £40,000 to replace the old play
Failure to secure sponsorship robbed Jacob Kelly of one of his dreams to become a skate boarding professional - so he ended up following another one. He spent the best part of seven and a half years taking to the skies and seeing the world with the Army
Police in Pudsey are appealing for information after a woman's sunroof was smashed by a falling object showering her in glass. The 25-year-old woman was driving her black Fiat Cinquecento along the Stanningley Bypass towards Leeds, when an object, dropped
A special performance of the pantomime Aladdin at The Alhambra, Bradford will take place for hundreds of looked-after children on Friday. The event is for children who are looked after by foster parents, are in community homes or attend family centres
A barn will showcase mixed media artwork by Bradford artists who will be demonstrating their techniques. More than 200 up-for-sale works will be displayed in the barn, in the visitor centre courtyard next to the car park at Oakwell Hall museum, Oakwell
Flights to Leeds-Bradford Airport were diverted and delays expected after an aircraft tyre burst on landing today. No-one was hurt in the incident, shortly after noon. A spokesman for Leeds-Bradford Airport said: "At 12.08pm the BMI BD412 aircraft from
A major £1.5 million road resurfacing programme is under way in the Roberttown, Liversedge and Heckmondwike area. Work has started on the A651 Oxford Road and Gomersal Road in Heckmondwike from its junction with Quarry Road to the A62 Leeds Road. On
A path in Birkenshaw which has been used by the public for nearly 40 years could soon become an official right of way. Residents have called on Kirklees Council to add the path from Norwood Avenue to Bottoms Lane to its map, after it was blocked in June
Shipley Salvation Army has thanked shoppers who helped raise £1,099 during the festive carol singing season. The group also thanked people in Bingley who contributed £250 to the total.
Residents are waiting to hear the outcome of their objections over parking restrictions Kirklees Council wants to introduce in Gomersal and Birstall. The Gomersal scheme was first proposed in response to complaints from residents about parking on Knowles
Daredevil fundraisers are being invited to take a walk - down the side of Bradford Central Library. The annual event, on St Patrick's Day - Saturday, March 17 - will be once again in memory of Bradford student David Plunkett, who died in April 2004.
Cadets in the Keighley, Bingley and Skipton detachments of the Air Cadet Force joined forces with the Keighley Cougars for a new community project. The cadets and the Cougars have linked up not only to enhance the award-winning work the Cougars already
Despite the high number of people in Bradford who suffer from heart disease only seven per cent of the public have the skills to save the life of someone who suffers a heart attack, new research has found. The Yorkshire and Humberside region has one
A hairdresser has suffered five break-ins in five weeks. Lesley Sutcliffe's Highlight Zone salon in Allerton Road, Allerton, Bradford, has been consistently targeted in raids that have left a trail of destruction. She said cash, hair driers, scissors
New Jamaica signing Omar Daley has received international clearance from the United States Soccer Federation so he is clear to feature for City against Yeovil on Saturday. Daley, who joined the Bantams on an 18-month deal, has been playing with Charleston
Bradford people wanting to change careers and do something rewarding are being urged to sign up for a free course. There are still a few places available for people to train as learning disability nurses at the University of York. There are no fees
An appeal has been lodged over plans to build three homes in Bingley. The scheme at the junction of Lees Moor Road and Station Road in Cullingworth was refused by Bradford Council planners in December because it is in a designated wildlife area.
A planning inspector is to look at proposals for a Tesco Express convenience store in Manningham. An appeal has been lodged over the plans at the former Manningham Lane Service Station on Manningham Lane.
Outline plans for a residential development in Queensbury are to go to a planning inspector. An appeal has been lodged for the scheme at Broomfield Street.
SIR - I would just like to thank the Telegraph & Argus for the articles produced on my best mate Shaun Dimmock, who passed away due to meningitis on January 5, 2007. The newspaper, and in particular Claire Lomax the reporter, conducted themselves admirably
Our columnist this week is Martyn Hannah, a 16-year-old with clear views about driving. If, like me, you are of an age where you are gagging to get into a car and drive for mile after mile of unspoiled motoring, also like me you will be a good few months
SIR - Rather than concentrating on knocking down the Odeon in Bradford which is so fondly regarded by many of its citizens, couldn't the Council cast its eyes three miles north to Shipley and knock down the old Glen Royal Cinema which, though built of
SIR - I would like to thank the kind person who came to the assistance of my elderly father when he stumbled and fell on Holroyd Hill, Wibsey, on January 17. This Good Samaritan picked him up, dusted him down and, seeing there was no injury other than
SIR - I write as someone who has been the victim of a drink-driver but I do not support the idea of the lower limit. Clearly those who break the higher limit will have no more respect for the lower one. But it reflects a failure in policy too - the
SIR - With distressing incidents in the news such as the Beckhams flying to Los Angeles and Naomi Campbell's telephone flying at any poor soul that annoys her it's so good to read of something pleasant isn't it? The wonderful efforts of our local teachers
SIR - Talking about semantics, some while ago the Government advocated the use of plain English, so I was amused to read when boffins told us that to retain the healthy properties of a nice cuppa, don't add milk. Senior researcher Dr Verena Stangl, professor
SIR - The BBC is to raise the licence fee to £151 by 2012. On one hand I believe the BBC is good value for money and in my view its programmes are more educational and better structured than those of ITV. But on the other hand, in this day of new technology
SIR - We would like to thank local MPs Marsha Singh (Bradford West), Kevin Barron (Rother Valley), Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough) and Jeff Ennis (Barnsley and Mexborough) for supporting the launch of our revised guidance for doctors, Good Medical
SIR - I reply to the article Forced marriage effort not racist' (T&A, January 19). Forced marriage is not Islamic; it is a cultural trend that very much needs the government's attention. It is a breach of a person's basic human rights, be they male or
SIR - It is surprising that Bradford Council, Metro and Northern Rail do not take the opportunity of advertising tourist attractions which are accessible by rail, such as the Cow and Calf Rocks at Ilkley, in the Community Pride publication, presumably
SIR - On Monday, January 15, on hearing a disturbance in my garden I went outside to find a greyhound-type dog savaging my cat, Shaz. With great difficulty I managed to pull the dog off my cat and the dog ran off into Northcliffe Woods, adjacent to my
SIR - Comforting as it might be to know where Keith Thomson (T&A, January 20) buys his clothes, I think his arguments about clothes miles are a little spurious. Quite a lot of the clothing he mentions will probably be made from cotton, some perhaps from
SIR - Philip Bird (T&A, January 19) rightly suggests that we should do what we can to mitigate climate change, but he still maintains that our contribution is minimal indeed'. This isn't so as each of us in the UK produces 50 times the amount of carbon
SIR - I have recently read the Support the Odeon "papers" and I am amazed that Bradford Council is so devious and obstructive to what is a genuine love-of-Bradford campaign being waged. The sum of £2,000 for anyone to look round the Odeon - if it was
SIR - Once again we have a storm in a D cup' regarding Big Brother and the alleged racist row between Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty. Both of these ladies have expressed the view that there is no racism involved between them. The producers of these virtual
SIR - Big Brother is the classic illustration of the dumbing down of TV, and those hooked enough to complain about their sensitivities being hurt deserve all they get. When buffoons, eccentrics and semi-illiterates are cramped together for conflict
The suggestion by a senior government adviser that schools dominated by children from single-faith backgrounds should be replaced is certain to spark controversy. Sir Cyril Taylor, chairman of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, surely can't
Budding authors are being urged to put pen to paper to try and win £2,000. Entries for the 22nd annual Write a Story for Children Competition from Bradford must be in by Saturday, March 31. The first prize is £2,000 and second and third prizes are £300
Sports fans are invited to take a look at football rugby, speedway and stockcar programmes and badges at a fair. The Bradford Park Avenue Supporters Club sports fair runs from 10.30am to 1pm on Sunday, January 28. The event will be held at Horsfall
Free home safety equipment will be available to anyone attending the next meeting of the Fagley Neighbourhood Forum. There will be an opportunity to raise community safety issues and Gerry Adams, environmental task force co-ordinator, will give an update
Four cars were involved in an accident near junction 26 on the M62 this morning. Police and an ambulance were called to the crash which happened just before the junction on Chain Bar Road in Cleckheaton. The crash, which involved a Vauxhall Tigra, Citroen
In the style stakes, are northern lasses streets ahead or do they try just that bit too hard? According to a bunch of women quoted in a Daily Mail report this week, northern women are more likely to sport false nails, mahogany tans, strappy shoes and
The following planning applications have been lodged with Leeds City Council: Guiseley: demolish existing bungalow and erect four bedroom house with integral garage, Greenacres, 16 Broadway. Guiseley: conservatory to rear, 168 Otley Road. Guiseley: part
In 1890, the first train passed over the Forth Bridge. In 1924, the Russian city of St Petersburg was renamed Leningrad. In 1961, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were divorced in Mexico. From the Telegraph & Argus of January 24, 1982...The Bradford
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Naheem Ali, 24, of Arncliffe Terrace, Lidget Green; driving without insurance, £220 fine, £40 costs, licence endorsed; driving without due care and attention, £220 fine. Paul Clare, 36, of Garsdale
A pensioner who had no more than three hours sleep before journeying from East Sussex to Yorkshire may have fallen asleep at the wheel, a coroner has decided. John Victor Stanley, 72, of Eastbourne, died on March 1 last year when his Rover 200 car failed
A Keighley GP has been appointed deputy medical director at Airedale NHS Trust. Dr Maggie Helliwell, GP at Ling House in Keighley, joined the Trust this month after leaving her previous role as Director of Clinical Governance for Bradford and Airedale
Hundreds of pupils at Bradford primary schools will be given pedometers in a bid to tackle child obesity. The Government announced today that it will dish out the devices, allowing children to keep track of how far they have walked each day, in an attempt
Police are hunting a gang of thugs who carried out an unprovoked attack on a teenage boy. Waqas Abid, 14, suffered a broken nose, split lip and damaged teeth when he was jumped by five older teenagers only two hundred yards from his house in Bankfoot
A motorist was injured when he was blinded by the sun and drove into a rubbish skip. The man was driving his Rover 213 in Batter Lane, Rawdon, when he crashed at 10am on Tuesday. The driver, in his 40s, complained of chest pains and suffered suspected
The wife of a crooked businessman has told a court that her husband's offending had left her family "devastated". Gerrard Strange was jailed in November 2005 after he admitted using his furniture import business as a front for bringing in bootleg cigarettes
There is no evidence to suggest a suspect wanted for the murder of Bradford PC Sharon Beshenivsky fled the country wearing a burka, according to Home Secretary John Reid. It has been alleged that Mustaf Jamma posed as his sister, wore a veil and evaded
An official consultation period is set to start over whether a third Bradford school should get academy status in the face of fierce opposition from some politicians and teaching unions. The British Edutrust Foundation wants to turn Rhodesway School
A taxi driver viciously beaten by three passengers and mauled by their snarling pit bull terrier is outraged that the suspects have not been brought to book seven months after his ordeal. Nadeem Gondal, 26, of Springroyd Terrace, Girlington, Bradford
A "schoolboy" error cost Dougie Lampkin any chance of victory in the second round of the Indoor Trials World Championship in Russia. The Silsden rider, who took fourth place in the opening event of the series held in Grenada, failed to clear a high jump
South African Test batsman Jacques Rudolph has decided to stop representing his country in order to take up a three-year contract with Yorkshire. The 25-year-old left-hander will join up with his new team-mates at Headingley Carnegie towards the end
Eccleshill United's home game against Retford United was a victim of the cold snap last night. "That is two on the trot after Saturday, it's one of those things," said United manager Steve Watson. "The way I look at it, it could be a blessing in disguise
Farsley Celtic undertook an arduous journey last night for nothing. Having travelled all the way to Birmingham to face Moor Green, their Conference North fixture was postponed because of a frozen pitch. While no one disagreed with the final decision
