Darren Gough became Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker of the season today when he grabbed six for 50 against Surrey shortly before the LV Championship match ended in another rain-wrecked draw. The Yorkshire captain, who had taken three for 14 overnight
City have handed teenager Scott Phelan a one-year deal ahead of tomorrow's home friendly clash with Burnley. But as the 18-year-old former Everton midfielder agreed his contract, Stuart McCall was forced to switch his attentions towards finding another
Liversedge and Thackley are both hoping to get some much needed action on the field tomorrow after both were thwarted by the weather at the weekend. Many of Saturday's pre-season friendly fixtures were cancelled due to waterlogged pitches. Sedge are
Simon Bedford has started his bid to regain a main tour place in fine style. The 31-year-old Bradford left-hander won the first Pontin's International Open Series tournament in Prestatyn, North Wales. Bedford, now under manager Gary Hood and well-respected
A woman accused of helping herself to part of her former husband's £200,000 collection of original book covers told him they "ended up on Keighley's council tip", a court heard. Kelly Harte has denied that she took the art work, which included designs
A former schoolboy international table tennis player is swapping his bat for a bike as he prepares for the challenge of a lifetime. But 20-year-old Stephen Denny, of Eldwick, will find it tough going if he doesn't find appropriate wheels to support him
Food and drink bosses in Bradford are set to benefit from a pioneering new training initiative, following the online launch of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing. The £4.4 million academy is the culmination of more than two
Bosses at troubled Saltaire firm Filtronic say they hope to return to profitability this year after reporting further losses at the firm's preliminary results. The electronics company reduced its operating losses from £10.9 million to £5.3 million during
Chart-topping superstars and a glamorous celebrity are the new faces of Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons. The firm begins a new advertising campaign this week with model, TV presenter and West End star Denise van Outen as its new image. The
Bradford entrepreneur Balbir Panesar has been installed as chairman of Bradford Chamber, a post he will hold for the next two years. Mr Panesar, boss of building services company PEC, was unveiled in front of Bradford's business community at the chamber's
People aged 60 and over across the Bradford district can start ordering their new passes to gain free off-peak bus travel throughout England. Disabled people and blind people are also being invited to order the English National Concessionary Passes from
A builder who examined canopies at the former Odeon cinema which were deemed to be unsafe by owner Yorkshire Forward has branded the demolition work an expensive waste of public money. Norman Littlewood strongly challenges the regeneration agency's view
After a four-month re-fit costing £400,000, the Dog & Gun, at Oxenhope, one of Keighley brewer Timothy Taylor's pubs, has re-opened. Mick and Kath Raper, who have been in charge for more than 13 years, retained their customers by setting up in the adjoining
West Yorkshire Transport Police are launching a campaign to warn parents of the dangers of children playing on railway tracks. The campaign is timed to coincide with the summer holidays when traditionally there is an increase in trespassing, stone throwing
Health bosses in Bradford and Airedale are reviewing the design and capacity of termination services in the district after Department of Health statistics revealed only 49 per cent of women accessed NHS termination of pregnancy services at under ten weeks
The owner of a garden centre is facing a bleak future now work to replace a downed bridge has been delayed for another eight weeks. This hold-up will prolong the misery of first-time businessman Sunny Chana, 24, who says profits at Saltaire Garden Centre
Only a big slip-up will cause Beldon and Otley Road to miss out on semi-final spots in Group A of the Newlands Community Association Village Cup Shelley Carroll Trophy. Otley Road took on their drinking partners in East Ward and shot out from the blocks
The Bradford Bulls have announced a shirt amnesty in aid of under-privileged children and young adults in India. Fans are being encouraged to donate their old Bulls shirts, all of them being sent to The Shelter - a refuge set up to help feed, clothe
Life in the basement division is going to prove more than just a physical test for City. Trips to some of the least glamorous locations on the football map will also tax their mental powers. Darren Williams knows all about it after helping Hartlepool
Stuart McCall has promised City's younger breed a fair crack of the whip. The influx of trialists in the early part of pre-season has suggested the boss is eyeing a complete revamp of the dressing room. But as he looks to plug the holes left by the
A group of mountain bikers took part in a gruelling 150-mile two-day ride to raise money for the Nell Bank Centre in Ilkley. The Wharfedale Bog Monkeys have raised around £1,500 which will be used to create a new toilet at the Denton Road children's
Climbing Mount Blanc wearing wrong-sized boots is not ideal for a novice, but a tax lawyer did not let it stop her. Karen Eckstein, 42, had to rent the footwear after her luggage ended up on the wrong flight, but she still made it up the French mountain
A Cleckheaton woman has scooped top prize in the Kirklees Neighbourhood Hou-sing gardening competition. Green fingered Shirley Walker was also named winner of the best communal garden category for North Kirklees. She received £150 in gardening vouchers
A police inspector who has taken over one of Bradford's neighbourhood policing teams says he is "passionate" about making a difference in the area. Inspector Zahid Khan, pictured, who is now in charge of the Bradford West Neighbourhood Policing Team,
My dentist has recently gone private but is still keen to treat youngsters on the NHS and for this I was truly grateful recently. My four-year-old son fell ill with what seemed at first to be a simple childhood fever. But when, after a few day he failed
Baildon are champions of the Bradford Union Scratch Golf League for the second successive season. Their 4-4 draw at home to Northcliffe, combined with Keighley's 5-3 defeat at Hollins Hall, secured their fifth title in ten seasons. See Thursday's T&
A sick website pretending to be the work of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has been removed - after web chiefs read about it in the Telegraph & Argus. Chris Atkinson, of Fox Interactive Media, contacted Shipley MP Philip Davies saying the "profiles
The Bulls have suffered a huge blow with luckless Jamie Langley being ruled out for the rest of the season. The influential back-rower, who made a try-scoring debut for Great Britain last month, underwent surgery on a serious wrist injury this morning
Just 24 hours after discovering their overseas player Dilhara Lokuhettige had returned prematurely to Sri Lanka, Idle were knocked out of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup semi-finals for the second successive year. They lost by 81 runs at home to South
Bowling Old Lane remained on course to reach the final of the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup for the second successive year by beating Morley in the quarter-finals. Lane's 29-run triumph set up a home semi-final on August 12 against Cleckheaton,
SIR - I think it would be catastrophic for the history of this city if the Odeon can't be saved. Of all the great stars who played there, the Beatles were the biggest of them all. The Gaumont, as it was then known, was the first date on their first
The tears, the torment, the terror. Do all parents react like this when their offspring leave primary school? My eldest daughter is now only six weeks away from her new life at secondary school. It's only another school, so why do I feel like a mother
SIR - In reply to Phil Boase's letter (T&A, July 5) I am not envious, I just think the Spice Girls are a sad act. And yes, they may make a fortune out of it. Those who buy tickets, memorabilia, etc are sad for doing it and it's just lining their pockets
SIR - I am disabled following a stroke and my wife has recently undergone a hip replacement operation. I have just been informed by Bradford Council, or one of its obscure offshoots, that, despite promises to the contrary, under no circumstances can
SIR - Let us hope that the rumblings in the Labour Party, referred to by Stuart Barker (T&A, July 12) about the Regional Assemblies, costing the taxpayers £360 million a year, and not being value for money increase in volume and that that those in Westminster
SIR - In his letter (T&A, July 16) Quentin Deakin says that the levels of CO2, at 380 parts per million, have reached a highest point that at any time in the Earth's history. This is simply not true. The amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere, 440
SIR - Jason Smith portrays overcrowding in Bradford as being caused by the EU, mentioning the EU twice, clearly fearful of using the true word "British Empire". It's the empire we created that swamped Bradford and other mostly northern industrialised
SIR - The prospect of Tony Blair's minder' Alistair Campbell and Germaine Greer appearing together at the Ilkley Literature Festival (T&A, July 14) is both mind-boggling and piquant. The latter, who wrote The Female Eunech, may not see eye to eye with
SIR - Bradford Council is to be congratulated on the success of its street cleaning efforts (T&A, July 13). The investment in litter picking teams and mechanical sweeping over the last ten years has paid off and to be ranked just behind Kirklees and
SIR - On this day (T&A, July 11) reported that in 1938 Eskimos complained of a heatwave as the temperature in the Arctic topped 19 degrees centigrade (66F). Sixty nine years on, in the middle of summer, the T&A weather section showed that of the 15
SIR - We were delighted to hear the Government's Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson call for the organ shortage crisis to be solved through the use of an opt-out' policy rather than the opt-in' (donor card) currently operating. Not only is this
SIR - Submission of a planning application for Close Head Lane has reared its ugly head yet again. The people of Thornton previously came together to object to the building, especially as it encroached on to their cemetery. If my memory serves me
SIR - My husband, John Stead, is a frequent contributor to this column and a man who works tirelessly for the benefit of Bradford. Unfortunately, he is in hospital at present, but he was cheered up tremendously the other day when a friend of his passed
SIR - Last Wednesday, one local low-life' was sentenced to six years jail for the horrific car-jacking of a lone female driver, in which the victim was reported to be perilously close to being knifed. This vicious attack has had a profound effect on
A century ago Bradford bristled with smoking chimneys. Most of the population worked in manufacturing: textiles, steel, engineering. Fathers followed sons into the mills and factories. Mothers followed daughters. There was no doubt in most people's minds
Country walking isn't all about strolling along in a relaxed sort of way and admiring the scenery, you know. As in most other areas of life, there are important decisions to be made. Such as whether to proceed or go back when you come to a sign
Between 1955 and 1958 dashing Richard Greene could be seen on television in the role of Robin Hood, hero of Sherwood (the late Paul Eddington was Will Scarlett). Five decades later Keith Clifford can be seen in Last of the Summer Wine as Billy Hardcastle
y wife is a practice nurse and as such she keeps the family in check when it comes to anything medical. In this regard I can get away with very little in the way of man maladies. When sickness does call I am assured that, no matter how much pain I am
Does it surprise you that the gap between rich and poor in Britain has widened, as the Joseph Rowntree Trust reported this week? There are now greater extremes than there have been for more than 40 years, apparently. The rich are certainly getting richer
The Scribbler sat in the corner of the Boilermaker's snug, savouring the smoke-free atmosphere and trying hard to concentrate on what the man who had come to sit opposite him was saying. Thelma Gusset (pronounced "Gussay"), T&A women's editor and object
There was something odd about our back garden as I wandered around it the other teatime, checking how the plants had survived the heavy rains. Apart from a bit of birdsong, it was silent in the sunshine. Usually there would have been a buzzing background
I expected Daniel Craig to appear at any moment. It was the perfect place for our paths to cross - soft lighting, glitzy decor and a buzz in the atmosphere. I was certain he would turn up and positioned myself in readiness, at a spot the Casino Royale
In 1903 the Model A car went on sale. It was the first car sold by the Ford Motor company. In 1986 Prince Andrew married Lady Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. In 1980 Cliff Richard received an OBE from the Queen. 25 years ago Taken from the
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service says its free home safety checks have dramatically cut fire deaths and injuries in the county. The service aims to carry out more than 56,000 checks in 2007/8. More than 14,000 visits will be made by specialist
The Roses rivalry might have lasted hundreds of years but a Yorkshire peer has now been honoured by a Lancashire university. Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford has been made a Doctor of Literature by Manchester Metropolitan University. Lord Patel
Bradford policeman Mark Carter will make history next month when he competes in the Mr Gay Europe contest. Mark, 24, a PC with West Yorkshire Police, gained the Mr Gay UK title in September and is the first winner to enter the European competition.
The regeneration company behind the iconic restoration of Lister Mills is due to officially open its new office in Bradford this week. Celebrations will be held on Thursday by Urban Splash to mark the opening of its new Yorkshire headquarters in the
Transport enthusiasts who didn't quench their thirst for vehicles at the weekend's Classic Car Show have got the Great Yorkshire Bike Show to look forward to. The bike show, which attracted 30,000 biking enthusiasts last year, is due to be held at Cullingworth
Police officers visited Gomersal Middle School and spent a day speaking to pupils about the dangers of drugs.
Police are warning lorry drivers to be aware of a spate of attacks on curtain-sided trucks at a motorway service area. Since May, there have been seven attacks on trucks parked overnight on the eastbound side of the Hartshead Moor services, on the M62
A meeting was organised after concerns were raised that not enough action was being taken to tackle drug-dealing. Police met residents in Allerton and Lower Grange to discuss the issue of drug-dealing and provide an update on recent police operations
A new community cafe providing a range of activities and services for young people will be officially launched next month. The Toller Youth Cafe, in Duckworth Lane, Bradford, will be opened by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Robin Owens, at 12.30pm
Scouts in Bingley are planning a day of events in the town's Myrtle Park to mark the centenary of the Scouting movement. The event is due to take place on Wednesday, August 1.
The British Heart Foundation is appealing for volunteers to take part in a sponsored canal walk from Leeds to Skipton on Sunday, September 2. The walk will begin at Granary Wharf in Leeds, passing through Apperley Bridge, Saltaire, Bingley, Silsden,
A hands-on family experience of 19th century life will be held at Gomersal's Red House Museum. The Victorian Activities Gallery invites visitors to participate in Victorian crafts and games, as well as to dabble in a bit of detective work by solving
A Cleckheaton woman has won the Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing gardening competition. Shirley Walker was also named winner of the best communal garden category for North Kirklees. She received £150 in gardening vouchers and a water butt and barbecue
Shopkeepers and business owners fear graffiti vandals are blighting Brighouse's image. Police say the graffiti problem in the town centre is continuing, not just with pens but with engravings into shop windows. Officers are appealing for information
Police say youths drinking alcohol are continuing to cause problems. Officers have now stepped up patrols in the Smith House and Whinney Hill areas of Brighouse to tackle the ongoing nuisance behaviour.
A Yorkshire Day Tea Dance will take place at the Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, Ilkley, on Wednesday, August 1, from 1pm to 4.30pm. The compere is Joe Kay and the New Horizons Dance Band will play. Admission is £5, which includes a strawberry tea
There will be a blood donor session at the Winter Garden, Ilkley, on Tuesday, July 31, from 2pm to 4pm and from 5pm to 7.30pm. To book an appointment telephone 0845 7711 711.
Tulip Society secretary James Akers will be the speaker at a meeting of Ilkley Gardeners' Society on Thursday, August 2. Spring and autumn flowering bulbs will be the topic of his talk at Church House, Church Street, starting at 7.45pm. More details
The Brighouse Art Circle will be holding a life model class at the start of next month. The class will be at the Waring Green Community Centre, Garden Road, Brighouse, on Thursday, August 2, at 7.30pm. For more information contact the circle on (01484
Climbing Mount Blanc wearing the wrong-sized boots is not ideal for a novice climber, but a Menston tax lawyer did not let it stop her. Karen Eckstein, 42, ended up renting the ill-fitting footwear after her luggage was taken on the wrong flight. She
A demonstration on how to paint fire, heat and steam is to be held by the Brighouse Art Circle in August. The session will be held at the Waring Green Community Centre, in Garden Road, Brighouse at 7.30pm on Thursday, August 16. For more information
A park for people of all ages taking shape in Wrose is hoping to win funds for a play area. The parish council has spent almost £20,000 in the last two years to transform a field between Claremont and Kings Drive. Tarmac and sandy paths have made crossing
Ilkley Evergreens are holding a guided walk to Luddenden Dene on Friday and another to Brimham Rocks next Tuesday. Cars are to leave the Ilkley Old Bridge for the meeting place at 9.30am. For more information telephone (01943) 463297 or (01535) 636905
The Friends of Ilkley Cemetery will make their monthly trip to the Ashlands Road cemetery on Saturday. The group meets on the last Saturday of each month, from 10.30am to noon. Litter-pickers will be available. The group will meet at the Beanlands Parade
Residents will be able to discuss traffic issues in Oxford Road, Queensbury, at a single-issue neighbourhood forum on Wednesday. Steve Thornton, principal traffic engineer, will be attending to discuss site visits carried out, options available and the
The first beer festival in Skipton for more than 25 years has raised more than £300 for the mayor's charity appeal. The event was held in the town hall over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend and proved a tremendous success. The proceeds of the festival
A summer coffee day will be held at West End Methodist Church, Queensbury, on Saturday, August 11. There will be various stalls at the event, between 10am and noon. Admission costs 50p, which includes tea or coffee. Proceeds will go to church funds.
A dumper truck overturned in Truman Avenue, Heckmondwike, yesterday, spilling diesel across the road. Batley firefighters were called to the incident at 4.30pm. They covered the fuel with earth before informing the Highways Agency of the spillage. Police
Bingley firefighters were called to a Fiat Punto which was on fire in Glen Road, Baildon, at 11.30pm yesterday. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Odsal firefighters attended a car fire in Westcroft Road, Great Horton, at 3am today. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the Renault Clio had already been destroyed when the crew arrived at the scene. The fire is being treated
Aireborough Civic Society will hold a guided walk visiting the Billing and River Aire on Friday August 3. Walkers are to meet at Rawdon Library, in Micklefield Park at 6.30pm. Call (0113) 2508900.
Planning bosses at Bradford Council have issued an enforcement notice for the removal of a timber bin store at the Saffron restaurant in Station Road, Ilkley. Members of the Keighley Area Planning Panel noted the action to deal with the alleged breach
The next walk in the Ilkley Civic Society Summer walks programme will be Roman Ilkley, on Wednesday, August 1, at 7pm. It will start at the Manor House Museum, Castle Yard, Church Street, Ilkley.
A bike ride by 233 cyclists has raised more than £35,000 for two charities supported by the Ilkley and Harrogate Acorn Committee. The committee supports the Alzheimer's Society and research into Scleroderma disease at Leeds General Infirmary. The Acorn
A juvenile has been issued with a three-month referral order by police after being arrested for causing damage at Spen Victoria Cricket Club.
Miniature railway rides for children and adults will be available at a park in Cleckheaton. Steam engines will be at Royds Park between 1pm and 5pm on Wednesday, August 1, and at various dates during the summer. Rides cost 50p and refreshments will also
A programme which is aimed at people who are inexperienced or new to cycling will take place next month. Easy Riders will explore the Spen Valley Greenway in a two-hour ride on Saturday, August 4. Cyclists should meet members of the Huddersfield Cycle
Police have seized a Yamaha 400cc trials motorbike which had been used in Cleckheaton town centre in a dangerous manner. Officers confiscated the bike from a house in St Peg Close in the town.
Paramedics and firefighters in Bradford were called to rescue a young woman who fell from a bedroom window on to an extension roof at a house in Poplar Grove, Great Horton, at 1am on Saturday. Firecrews assisted paramedics in lowering the woman from
Police are investigating reports that a 30-strong gang of yobs barged their way into a house and attacked a family with iron bars, leaving a 22-year-old man with serious head injuries. The alleged assault is said to have happened in Eskine Parade, Woodside
The dangers our police officers face carrying out their daily duties should never be under-estimated. The murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky by an armed gang on the streets of our city in November 2005 was a stark illustration of that. And, with an unhappily
Only four months ago Caroline Brown was part of the Enterprise Island showcase of innovative new business ideas. Fast forward to today and Mrs Brown's idea has become a reality. The House of Rose & Brown on Victoria Road, Saltaire, is now Mrs Brown's
Thousands of car lovers braved the weather and visited Bradford city centre over the weekend for this year's Classic Car Show. The showcase event, now in its second year, saw sites across the city centre turned into luxury showrooms, as 130 classic cars
Bradford-born actress Heather Peace, who is starring in the BBC series The Chase, is organising a black-tie dinner in aid of Leukaemia Research. She is set to dazzle the audience with a few of her favourite songs, alongside Dancing on Ice winner, and
Otley's Victorian street lamps could be given a new lease of life by providing lighting for the town's recently desecrated war memorial. The fate of the gas lamp posts has been unclear since it was announced that they could not be upgraded during the
A memorial service will be held in Bradford next month for former Police Boys' Club leader Robbie Powell. Father Ralph Crowe, the vicar of St Chad's Church in Toller Lane, where the service will be held, said: "Robbie Powell spent the greater part of
A police hunt was underway today for a knifeman who tried to abduct two lone women in broad daylight. He first tried to force a 19-year-old woman into a black people carrier as she waited at Shipley station by the Stead Street entrance. The terrified
Bingley Show is to be transformed... by an eight-foot walking, talking robot who wouldn't look out of place in movie blockbuster Transformers. Unlike the shape-shifting androids in the hit summer film - based on the Eighties toys and cartoons - Titan
