The daughter of a widow who died following surgery at Bradford Royal Infirmary has vowed to pursue a complaint after a health watchdog ruled no further action was required. Margaret Barraclough, the daughter of 85-year-old Marjorie Holey, said her mother's
Mosques are teaming up with the city's police during Ramadan to keep the peace on the city's streets. It will be the first time joint patrols have taken to the streets around Manningham, Girlington and Heaton. They've been mounted to keep an eye on
Sales with waste management company Helesi rocketed by 69 per cent during the first six months of 2007. The international company, whose UK base is in Bradford, made a £1.69 million profit in the period until June 30, 2007, swelling its net income margins
The Yorkshire stage of the Tour of Britain cycle race, which finishes in Bradford on Thursday, is to be dedicated to cancer campaigner Jane Tomlinson. Mrs Tomlinson, 43, a keen athlete and cyclist, of Leeds, died last week after a long battle with the
Young cricketer of the year Adil Rashid will pit his wits against his brothers Haroon and Amar in Yorkshire Seconds' final Championship match of the season which began at Stamford Bridge tomorrow. Adil, Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker this season, is
Westwood Park produced the shock of the day as they bundled high-flying Oakenshaw out of the Bradford Sunday Alliance League SENIOR CUP. With league action put on hold to accommodate various knockout competitions, the second-placed Premier Division outfit's
Thackley face a tricky FA Vase first qualifying round replay at South Shields tomorrow - and it could be a late night, with extra time and penalties if required. The first meeting ended 1-1 at Dennyfield, also after extra time, and Thackley boss John
After back-to-back draws, Guiseley will be looking to get back to winning ways and stay out in front at the top of the UniBond Premier Division as Whitby Town head to Nethermoor tomorrow. Terry Dolan's side have an unblemished home record so far. The
Avenue boss Benny Phillips will be hoping his two new signings are as influential in tomorrow night's Yorkshire derby at Wakefield as they were in Saturday's roses clash. Strike partnership Paul Gedman and Ben Jones helped Phillips' side maintain their
Pub drinkers will be raising their glasses to JB Priestley tomorrow when one of his little-known plays is performed in a bar. Mother's Day, about a middle-aged mother's muddling family management, runs at The Goldsborough pub in Bolton Road, Bradford
Pupils returning to Belle Vue Girls' School plan to hit the heights once again, after the school recorded its best-ever GCSE results. This summer, half of all Year 11 pupils gained at least five grades at C or above - more than doubling the figure from
Keighley artist Sarah Giles has won a £2,582 grant from the Arts Council to help promote her forthcoming exhibition. She will create a high-quality catalogue of her recent work for the display at South Square Gallery in Thornton. Arts Council bosses
The HMS Ark Royal Freedom Ceremony which was arranged for Sunday in Leeds has been postponed. It will be re-arranged for sometime in 2008.
Bradford-based TNT has played a major role in helping its parent company achieve the top ranking in a listing of the world's most successful and sustainably aware organisations. TNT, based in Birkenshaw, has contributed to the success of TNT N.V. the
Tyersal's poor start to the West Riding County Amateur League season was not helped by having goalkeeper Danny Gomersal sent off as they lost their latest PREMIER DIVISION match 2-0 at Brighouse Town. An ill-tempered match saw Ben Charlesworth score
More than £250,000 has been secured by ConstructionSkills and three of the industry's federations to implement leadership and management training within the construction industry in Yorkshire. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association, National Federation
Students at Carlton Bolling College, Bradford, will be treated to a special performance of Islamic folk music or Nasheed singing next month. The performance, which will take place on Friday, November 16, will feature Canadian singer Dawud Wharmsby. The
Up to 350 jobs will be lost in Bradford when a factory closes next year. The Initial Wipers factory in Northside Road, Lidget Green, will close in January, the company has announced. Its future has been under threat for the past few weeks and Initial
Fairbank came from two goals down to fellow Telegraph & Argus League high-fliers Bradford Arms to win 3-2 in the Premier Division match of the day. Arms were first to apply pressure and it came as no surprise when they moved ahead before the interval
Bradford Council's ruling Conservative group has set out how it wants to spend the rest of the £51.5 million received from the sale of Leeds-Bradford Airport. The decision-making executive proposes spending £15 million on education and skills, £15 million
Hanson School will be hosting some free Adult Education Taster Classes on Wednesday between 7pm and 9pm. The classes have been organised by Biata (Bradford and Ilkley Arts and Technology Academy) and those available to be 'sampled' include: computing
A 17-year-old girl has appeared at Bingley magistrates court accused of murder. The teenager, who cannot be identified, is accused of stabbing 19-year-old Anthony Kelly, of Alice Street, Keighley. Mr Kelly was pronounced dead at Airedale General Hospital
A Jordanian asylum seeker who used more than 20 false names to apply for mortgages and loans has been jailed for three years after an investigation by a Bradford fraud squad officer. Mashal Almamsour dishonestly obtained more than £800,000 in nearly
Train services between Bradford and Wharfedale will be replaced by buses all day on Sunday, September 16, due to engineering works. The buses will depart from Ilkley and Bradford Forster Square at the usual times, but journey times will be extended.
A comic version of Shakespeare's dark tale, Macbeth, will be staged at Harden Congregational Church. Harden Players will present the play, re-written by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Junior, and it will be performed by members of the Farndale Avenue
Relatives are being sought after the deaths of two Bradford women. Beryl Victoria Binns, 89, of Heaton, died recently at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Margaret Rowbottom, 64, of the Manningham area, also died at BRI. Anyone who can help is asked to contact
Young swimmers can take a dip at Ilkley Pool for only 50p during the last two weeks of September. Bradford Council's Sport and Leisure Service is offering low cost swimming for under 16s during its Swim for All and Fun Splash sessions, from Monday, September
A Bradford initiative to help homeless men has been given a Government cash boost of more than £15,000. The Assisi House Project is part of a programme which transforms hostels from places offering a bed for the night to centres of training and support
A cyclist suffered minor injuries in a collision on Middle Lane, Kettlewell. Andrew Fisher, 40, of Ilkley, did not require hospital treatment following the incident at 10.15am on Saturday. He was in collision with a Land Rover Discovery.
The Ilkley and District Council for Voluntary Service annual general meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 17, in the Lower Hall, Christchurch, Ilkley, at 7.30pm. ICVS president Baroness Lockwood of Dewsbury, will preside.
Bingley Voluntary Action is holding its annual meeting at Cardigan House, Bingley, at 6pm on Monday, October 8. The guest speaker, Paula Denison, of Social Enterprise Support Centre, will be speaking about the challenges facing Social Enterprises in
A conman who fleeced pensioners out of cash by spinning them sob stories has been jailed for 40 months. Bradford Crown Court heard that Edward Hanratty was given a 42-month sentence in 2004 for conning an 83-year-old woman out of £11,000, but that term
A mother-of-two falsely claimed she had been raped because she wanted to get her boyfriend's attention, a court was told. Sally Anne Pelling, 27, tore her own clothing and used a piece of glass she found on the floor to inflict injuries she later claimed
Jail sentences totalling more than eight years have been handed down to two men involved in selling hard drugs in the Laisterdyke area of Bradford. The city's Crown Court heard how police kept watch as known drug users were directed towards a house in
While Leeds chairman Ken Bates moved quickly to deny that he was about to sell the club, there is no doubt stories like this are going to be a recurring theme over the next few months. Bates' recent lunch with his friend Freddie Shepherd led to reports
A new advertising campaign has been unveiled to promote the progress of Bradford's ongoing regeneration initiative. Brahm, a marketing communications agency, is aiming to build on the award-winning Birth of a New City' campaign for Bradford Centre Regeneration
A jury has cleared a 46-year-old man of wounding a teenager with intent to do him grievous bodily harm but convicted him of unlawful wounding. Bradford Crown Court heard last week how Luke Dunn had his spleen removed after being stabbed in the stomach
The work of artist and teacher, Rick Alred, will be on show at Baildon Library on Monday, September 24. The Baildon-based artist will talk about his works, techniques and inspiration at the event, organised by the Baildon Library Society. The show begins
Junior Witter can rule the boxing planet for another five years, it was claimed today. Bradford's world WBC light-welterweight king is still on a high after his stunning seven-round demolition of Vivian Harris. And with that sort of form under his belt
Glusburn Primary School has been rewarded for its commitment to promoting healthy food and eating. The school has landed first place in the 2007 Veggie Gang Awards, supported by Skipton Building Society. Staff and pupils will receive a £175 cheque from
Commuters will be able to breathe fresh air as they cycle between Bradford and Kirklees from tomorrow after the final section of a traffic-free greenway is opened. The seven-mile route runs along the former Spen Valley railway line which linked Bradford
Paul Evans has admitted his Barnet head injury left him looking "like the Elephant Man." The no-nonsense City midfielder is targeting Saturday's clash with big-spending Peterborough after returning to training yesterday. It is only ten days since Evans
A surgeon from Airedale General Hospital will be recounting the experiences of his team when they visited a hospital in one of India's poorest regions at an event on Friday. Consultant surgeon Ian Hamilton will host the Indian evening at Westcliffe Chapel
Health chiefs in Bradford have paid out a total of £2.1 million to 19 senior managers who lost their jobs in major shake-up of services. Last October, Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) was formed through the merger of Airedale,
Suddenly it’s the best part of the year, weatherwise… but no one seems to be attributing this Indian summer we’re having to global warming with any great conviction. Which is a relief. It can make you feel almost guilty for enjoying the early September
Suddenly it’s the best part of the year, weatherwise… but no one seems to be attributing this Indian summer we’re having to global warming with any great conviction. Which is a relief. It can make you feel almost guilty for enjoying the early September
Suddenly it’s the best part of the year, weatherwise… but no one seems to be attributing this Indian summer we’re having to global warming with any great conviction. Which is a relief. It can make you feel almost guilty for enjoying the early September
Suddenly it’s the best part of the year, weatherwise… but no one seems to be attributing this Indian summer we’re having to global warming with any great conviction. Which is a relief. It can make you feel almost guilty for enjoying the early September
Skipton's Aireville School has welcomed new teaching and administrative staff. Their appointments come as the school celebrated its best ever GCSE and National Curriculum Test results this summer. In September 2006 the school was placed in special
A lollipop lady has retired after dedicating nearly 17 years to helping youngsters cross the road safely. Angela Morris was thanked by staff and children at Wilsden Primary School for her dedication at a special presentation. Head teacher Bob Quartermain
A recruitment drive has been launched to encourage more people to volunteer to become Independent Custody Visitors. West Yorkshire Police Authority wants to recruit members of the general public to visit people who are in police custody but have not
The next meeting of the Thursday Club for ladies in Shipley will include a talk called Acting The Fool by Geoff Twentyman. The meeting will be held at St Peter's Church on September 20. For more information, contact Mrs Audrey Milner on (01274) 584496
Baildon In Bloom's annual general meeting will be held at The Link community centre in Cliffe Avenue next week. The committee will discuss the forthcoming autumn planting season and areas in Baildon which need attention. Suggestions from the public
City came out on top in a seven-goal thriller against Blue Square Premier North outfit Boston United. But some poor defending made the 4-3 win a bit too close for comfort. Ryan Newton put City ahead after latching on to a through ball and slotting
With notes and messages all over his desk, Wayne Jacobs is a busy man in the office he shares with Stuart McCall. He also looks very much at home working alongside his old pal at Valley Parade. And that is exactly how he feels. If McCall is seen as
Students got to grill MP Greg Mulholland about his role and the workings of Parliament as part of their Citizenship Day. Leeds North West MP Mr Mulholland, below, visited Prince Henry's Grammar School at Otley to describe his work to Year 10 and 11 pupils
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu's City position will not be affected by the goings-on at Gillingham. The League One side are looking for a new manager after Ronnie Jepson resigned on Sunday following their poor start to the season. Ndumbu-Nsungu was not part
Bradford Central League champions Hepworth-Idle were presented with the First Division trophy after their final game of the season against Girlington on Saturday. Back row, from left: Haki Mistry, James Bentley, David McDermott, Craig Green, Sean McEvoy
If ever the old cricketing adage catches win matches' was appropriate it was for this year's Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield final. Woodlands had to score 225 to beat holders East Bierley but although the rate went up to ten an over, with Greig
Rummaging through vintage party dresses and boxes of shoes, beads and silk scarves I feel like a little girl let loose in my mother's wardrobe. I'm in the biggest dressing-up box in Bradford. Historic Little Germany theatre The Priestley is today holding
I'm thinking of packing in my job and living off the land. Hugh-Fearnley Whatsisname seems to get along okay doing it. All right, he's got his own TV series and a few highly-lucrative book deals. But apart from that he appears to survive by being creative
SIR - Bradford people would indeed welcome a referendum on the future of the Odeon, as proposed by UKIP. How can regeneration chiefs claim the public has been consulted when the three options offered did not include one in which the building could survive
SIR - Bradford Regen stated the Odeon closed because it was proven to be uneconomical. That is untrue. During the 1990s the manager of the Odeon, struggled to try and get plans through so the building could be repaired adequately and improved. The plans
SIR - I read with complete astonishment the joint statement from BCR and Yorkshire Forward in response to UKIP's welcome call for a referendum on the Odeon building. For starters it is certainly "inappropriate", and equally misleading, to state the public
SIR - What a disgraceful selection of "facts" David Chapman of Eccleshill Conservative Association chooses in a demand for a referendum on Europe (T&A, September 3). To quote: it is a "great democracy we have in this country", where "successive Governments
SIR - As a mother, and a supporter of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent, I would urge all the mums reading this to sign up and take part in National Yummy Mummy Week, the week-long fundraising event organised by the charity, taking place from September
SIR - I couldn't agree more with Terry Tordoff on corporal punishment (T&A, September 5). Ed Balls wants to allow head teachers to be able to sue parents for persistent misbehaving pupils. These are the parents, who were not allowed to discipline their
SIR - I am glad Maud Marshall is happy that prices for property in parts of Bradford have now risen to more than £300 a square foot, as the only people to be able to afford these properties are those with over-inflated salaries like her own. For those
SIR - If the report that Bradford is the best place in the country for business, why are 400 bakery workers losing their jobs? The other companies mentioned have always been Bradford-based and none are in manufacturing which has been decimated over recent
SIR - Based on an analysis of the most important criteria, Bradford came out as the best place for business in the UK. And why? It topped the pile due to its skilled workforce, good transport infrastructure, its access to airports and low levels of traffic
Why is it that whenever a group of good citizens get together to improve their environment, there always seems to be a collection of malcontents determined to spoil the outcome? It's no surprise, therefore, that the residents of Gilstead, near Bingley
One of the finest views in all Yorkshire (and let's face it, there are plenty to choose from) has to be from Knaresborough Castle looking down on the river with rowing boats passing beneath the castellated high railway viaduct and the woodland of the
The Scribbler and the T&A's fragrant women's editor Thelma Gusset (pronounced "Gussay") were taking a lunchtime stroll alongside the stockade surrounding the Forster Square wasteland in the late-summer sunshine when a shrill call stopped them in their
On Monday night I watched three programmes on BBC4 which unwittingly offered perspectives on Britishness. The first was a 1970s docu-drama about the Cambridge University-educated Soviet spies Guy Burgess, Donald MacLean and Kim Philby. The second programme
Once upon a time we used to carry a lot of "pile of pennies" photographs in the T&A, showing towers of coins carefully created over many months on bars or shop counters being shoved over by a minor local celebrity to be counted and passed on to a chosen
SIR - Having watched the ITV film on Undercliffe Cemetery, above, I feel it would be the right time for the Council to once again take responsibility for the site. At the moment it appears the cemetery has been so well tidied up and is a credit to the
SIR - Could anyone tell me what, if anything, is to be built on the vast expanse of land where Ravenscliffe estate used to be? The few remaining houses are lost in a desert and, to put it mildly, a tip. Will the housing that has been lost be replaced
SIR - Why is council taxpayers' money being wasted yet again, eg, relaying Darley Street which had a perfectly good surface and appearance? Surely the money spent on this could have been used to repair some of the broken-down roads in the district such
SIR - David Lawson (Voice of Youth, T&A, September 5) should not present his opinions as facts. He claims the 0.7 per cent rise in Earth's temperature has directly contributed to the first-ever hurricane in the South Atlantic and the other dire events
SIR - It has been noticeable recently that there have been several references in readers' letters to our Parliamentary democracy. I feel it has to be pointed out that this does not exist at the present time. In the matter, for instance, of the referendum
SIR - I think the dangers of our EU membership and the impending constitution treaty has brought out a very good, and much-needed debate in these pages and I am heartened by the honesty of various individuals. One such individual is Karl Dallas (T&A,
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Keighley: Construction of three two-storey houses with associated off street car parking, 2 Cromer Grove. Keighley: Illuminated signage for public house, Quarry House Inn, Bingley
For several months my wife and daughters have been expressing the view that I am in desperate need of a style makeover. The sight of me once again turning up for an event in T-shirt and denim must have been too much for them. Anyway after an overdose
SIR - Regarding the proposal for a roundabout at Cavendish Road in Thorpe Garth, Idle, there is a crossing lower down the road, by the school, and one higher up by Runnymead. We don't need a roundabout. We need speed cameras! I live on the roadside
SIR - I write with concern about the crossroads at Greengates. A while ago plans were made to make road improvements to this very dangerous junction. We were under the impression that funding was in place and the work would be carried out, as the line
SIR - Geoff Tasker (T&A, September 3) cannot believe that Trevor Williams-Berry is seriously advocating hanging and flogging. Well, you'd better believe it, Geoff, because he and others of his persuasion yearn to align the UK alongside the major league
SIR - It was greatly disappointing to read the remarks attributed to Inspector John Tatham, head of Shipley Policing Team, concerning the disgraceful vandal attack on the statue of Sir Titus Salt in Roberts Park (T&A, August 29). He said that it was
SIR - It seems the only way for a young single person in Bradford to have housing is if they are pregnant, or an alcohol or drug abuser. Either that or be expected to pay £100 a week in rent to live in a safe area, which isn't an option to the majority
Few people can have walked on the moor above Ilkley without coming across the Swastika Stone (or, rather, its replica) enclosed in railings above Heber's Ghyll. Not as many, perhaps, will have climbed the flight of steps up the inside of the fossil tree
SIR - I am surprised at the number of correspondents who have lived through a Utopian age that somehow escaped my notice. Time was when there was no crime, full employment and politicians took notice of public opinion. Sadly those halcyon days are gone
One of the greatest challenges facing modern society is the number of young people who fall into a position outside of education or employment. It should be no great surprise that many can become bored, depressed and generally disaffected. In some cases
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Michael Franks, aged 37, of Brookfield Road, Barkerend; drunk and disorderly, £43 costs, conditional discharge for one year; failure to surrender to custody, conditional discharge for one year
In 1897, George Smith, a London cab driver, became the first person to be convicted of drink driving. He was fined 20s (£1). In 1942, in a single raid, the RAF dropped 100,000 bombs on the German city of Düsseldorf. In 2002, Gloucestershire hospitals
A 17-year-old girl was being questioned by murder squad detectives last night over the death of a 19-year-old man. Emergency crews responded to a disturbance at a flat in Alice Street, near Keighley town centre, just after midnight yesterday. The victim
Bradford Council is re-launching its "Don't let the cheats benefit" campaign after a success in cracking down on benefit fraud. Posters and flyers will be appearing across the district within the next few weeks. These are aimed at encouraging people
A charity 20Twenty cricket match raised £300 for Bradford Royal Infirmary's coronary care and special care baby units recently. The match saw Bradford Council's department of regeneration, based at Olicana House, Little Germany lose to a team representing
Hundreds of paintings, created by a frustrated artist believed to have committed suicide before his talents were discovered, could soon go on show in the city if more of his past can be revealed. Businessman Terry Wilcock discovered the paintings stashed
It's a new term and a new start today for hundreds of pupils at the city's second state-of-the-art academy. Bradford Academy - which cost £25 million to build - has risen from the ashes of the failed Bradford Community College, where inspectors once
