A judge has told parishioners who have clashed over plans to rip out pews from their ancient church to sort out their differences to avoid going to a special court. John De G. Walford, the Bradford Diocesan Consistory Court Chancellor, wants
Shipley councillor Kevin Warnes has been selected by the Green Party to stand as MP for the town in the next elections. The 41-year-old father-of-two has been a ward councillor for the Shipley Green Party on Bradford Council since 2004. Councillor Warnes
Woking 2, Farsley Celtic 0 Farsley Celtic manager Lee Sinnott said tonight's Blue Square Premier setback at Woking was an "avoidable defeat". Having played well up to the interval, the Celts conceded goals to Bradley Quamina in the 56th minute and
Children from Sandal Primary School took on star status to perform the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the £250,000 new look Co-operative food store in Baildon, which has created two new jobs. The pupils, Phoebe Clark-Evans, six, Isobel Lawrence
Bulls star Glenn Morrison faces a battle to be fit for the start of next season after being told he needs an extensive shoulder reconstruction. The Australian ace goes in for surgery on Monday but requires up to four months' recovery time. Morrison
Cleckheaton have made only one change at Hull after a disappointing North One home defeat to Huddersfield, bringing in Hull-based second row Lee Brown. The lock, who has been with Halifax but wasn't getting a first-team game, replaces Danny Pilkington
For the trip to Nuneaton on Saturday, Wharfedale move Dave Clements to the vacant No 7 position, Oliver Renton coming in at blind-side after a huge match for the Foresters at Harrogate. Precocious talent Luke Gray starts from the bench as backs replacement
Bradford Salem have signed two players with Bradford & Bingley connections. Joe Simpson, who left Wagon Lane at the end of last season, slots straight in at centre on his return to Shay Lane on Saturday but utility back Sam Cummins must bide his time
Bradford City's girls' under-12 team's need for a goalkeeper for their West Riding Girls' League side is growing more urgent. If you are interested call Carl Mallinson on 07795-438850 or visit the website at www.bcwfc.co.uk. The team also require some
A top-level delegation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales was given a whistle-stop tour of Bradford city centre yesterday. David Harrop, finance director for Bradford Centre Regeneration, led the tour and explained about
Boathouse's Men's National Volleyball Knockout Cup campaign ended almost before it even started. With seven of their National League squad players unavailable, it was touch and go if they could even raise a team to face established Division Three East
A judge has jailed a young driver for 12 months, saying it was a miracle no-one was killed when he was involved in a high-speed pursuit with police around the streets of Bradford. Zeeshan Zafar, 21, was at the wheel of a BMW 320 when it was seen racing
Former Woodhouse Grove pupil Katie O'Brien is through to her first WTA Tour quarter-final. She faces third seed Olga Govortsova (Belarus) in the Tashkent Open tomorrow after defeating Germany's Julia Schruff 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and Anastasiya Yokomova (Belarus
A Bradford man who helped his killer brother-in-law to flee the country after a "dreadful" murder has been jailed for 12 months. Taxi driver Mohammed Ghaffar, 35, who had been described as a "pillar of his community", drove Abid Ashiq Hussain to Manchester
Shooting victim Skander Rehman had seen the man accused of his murder with a gun shortly before his death, a court heard. Skander, 21, told a fellow university student that Toqueer Ahmed had a gun and described how a button was pressed to fire it. Adil
The Grand Final is just nine short days away but I for one don’t want this season to end. After 31 consecutive weeks of covering the game – save a Challenge Cup final respite and one all-too-short holiday – I thought the unrelenting schedule might now
City got what they deserved from Tuesday night - nothing - and that's what hurt Stuart McCall the most. McCall admits sleeping has been difficult since the embarrassment of Accrington - "I've probably only managed four hours in two nights - as he tosses
The Cougars have signed highly-rated former Super League forward Neil Lowe from National League Two rivals York City Knights. Player-boss Barry Eaton has pulled off a major coup by snaring the former Salford, Doncaster and Featherstone ace. Lowe, who
Bulls loose forward Alex Szostak has earned a Scotland call-up. The Senior Academy Players' Player of the Year is joined by former Bulls team-mate Richie Hawkyard in the initial 26-man squad as Scotland prepare to face France in Perpignan on October
West Riding County FA Challenge Cup holders Campion start their defence of the title with a trip to West Yorkshire League side Boroughbridge on Saturday. Tyersal, who lifted the cup 13 years ago, visit Halifax League side Halifax Irish Centre, while
The A650 Shipley Airedale Road was closed to traffic for over an hour and a half this afternoon, following a collision between a motorcycle and a van. The incident, which involved a blue and white box van and a green Yamaha motorbike, occurred at around
Park Avenue chief executive Bob Blackburn is urging fans to turn up in force for the visit of FC United of Manchester when a record crowd is expected at Horsfall Stadium. The club is hoping to get near the 3,000 mark for their FA Trophy preliminary tie
Transport Police in Bradford have today been engaged in a high-profile operation aimed at detecting weapons and reassuring the public at Forster Square train station. Around 15 officers in high-visibility jackets set up a portable scanning machine, usually
Shares with at online marketing firm Infoserve dipped after bosses launched an internal review in a bid to align revenues with overheads. The Yeadon-based firm is carrying out the cost review in response to its telephone sales team growing revenue at
Show you want to play for City. That is the message Stuart McCall will hammer home before Saturday's daunting away clash with League Two leaders MK Dons. McCall believes the response to the midweek cave-in against Accrington will prove to him how many
A woman was grabbed as she walked home from work along a canal towpath. The 29-year-old woman, who lives in Skipton, was pounced on from behind by a man as she reached the bottom of Aireville Park in the town. She managed to escape uninjured and run
Liversedge return to league action at home to South Normanton after bowing out of the FA Cup last week. Skipper Craig Sugden continues to struggle with an ankle injury and had to come off after ten minutes in a 4-1 friendly defeat to Halifax Irish in
Voters should be allowed to have their say on whether Britain should sign up to the new European Union treaty, an MP claimed today. Shipley MP Philip Davies said the promise will form part of his manifesto to get re-elected to Parliament if Gordon Brown
Dennis Wise has won the League One manager of the month award for the second successive time - but the Leeds boss is still not satisfied. Wise's team are undefeated in nine league games from the season's start, having taken 25 points out of 27 and wiped
Silsden entertain Congleton in the Vodkat North-West Counties League hoping to reproduce their away form at Cougar Park. The Cobbydalers have won four times on the road but have yet to win at home. They must do it without strikers Lee Reilly (broken
Thackley go into their big derby game at Eccleshill United buzzing after a fine comeback at Hallam. They came back from 2-0 down with only 12 minutes to go to win 3-2 to put them in good heart for the FA Vase first round clash at Plumpton Park. Head
Eccleshill United manager Mick Watson will tell his side to play the game and not the occasion when his side lock horns with deadly rivals Thackley at Plumpton Park. Games between the two Northern Counties East League neighbours are always eagerly anticipated
A new purpose-built health centre is set to open its doors and provide improved NHS services for patients in the Thornbury area of Bradford. The new Thornbury Medical Centre will house Dr Bateman and Dr Asif's practice which has been based at Laisterdyke
Mohammed Ghaffar, 35, of Thornbury Drive, Thornbury, was today jailed for 12 months for perverting the course of justice in the Shazzad Hussain murder case. A judge told Ghaffar, described as a pillar of his community, that he had assisted a murderer
National Conference League Division One table-toppers Bradford Dudley Hill field an unchanged side for the visit to Wigan St Judes. Hill have certainly hit their straps early doors this campaign to sit on the summit with four wins out of five, leaving
Paul Deacon today withdrew from the Great Britain squad due to his on-going injury problems. The Bulls skipper trained with his international team-mates this week but is still struggling with the hamstring that saw him feature just once in the last six
LISTERHILLS AA: The Ian Smith Memorial Open on the canal at Armley attracted an entry of 76 and £180 was raised for the British Heart Foundation. The winner was D Brearley with a catch of quality roach weighing 10lb 8oz. Several of our members took part
Terry Dolan is hoping his strikers rediscover their goalscoring touch in round three of Guiseley versus Prescot Cables. The teams meet in the league at Prescot on Saturday after last week's FA Cup tie between the sides went to a replay, Guiseley going
Mark Bower column Ten days can be a long time in football. We went to Hereford thinking that a win would have taken us into the top three - but that defeat seemed to knock our confidence and in the last three games we've suddenly stopped doing the things
A man will appear at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday in connection with the death of a 21-year-old. Barry Sylvester Holmes, 32, of Chelker House Farm, Addingham, is expected to enter a plea to charges of causing death by dangerous driving and perverting
Bradford pupils took their chances to take on the role of Jeremy Paxman for a TV broadcast tonight. They stepped into the shoes of Mr Paxman who uses his trademark phrase of "Oh, come on..." when grilling politicians on the flagship Newsnight programme
A factory worker had to be rescued by firefighters and paramedics after trapping his ankle and foot in a paper-cutting machine. The incident happened just before 10.30pm yesterday at Robin Mills, Leeds Road, Idle. A workmate was already trying to prise
Peter Grant St George's Hall Lovers of swing had their wishes Grant-ed when Guiseley's young crooner returned to home territory. Twenty-year-old Grant was back in Bradford and pleased his many fans by incorporating a couple of requests from friends
Buck-toothed, bespectacled and gloriously camp, Alan Carr is the last person you'd expect to see running across a football pitch. He's more Frankie Howerd than Frank Lampard. But Alan - one of the nation's top comics - spent much of his childhood kicking
Lisa's Sex Strike Northern Broadsides, Viaduct Theatre, Halifax Northern Broadsides could probably turn the Yellow Pages into an entertaining comedy. They certainly put everything into Blake Morrison's ribald adaptation of Aristophanes's equally
A love of food runs in Jennifer Butler's family. Her mum Siobhan worked as a baker after training in catering at the reputable Thomas Danby College in Leeds. "I was brought up around home cooking," says Jennifer, 27, who works as head chef at the Brown
Bradley Johnson is about to hit cinema screens starring alongside Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent. And when he's not making his way down red carpets, posing for flashing cameras, the youngster is busy rehearsing for the title role of Stage 84's production
have seen The Comedy of Errors three times, including a National Theatre production at the Alhambra when its warm reception left me convinced that Shakespeare's ingenious farce would do as well as a pantomime. However, in spite of these vivid experiences
In spite of increased ticket sales in 2006/7 over the previous 12 months, Bradford Theatres have had their £1m budget slashed by £270,000. They are expected to make up the short-fall for the Alhambra, St George's Hall and the Alhambra Studio by the controversial
SIR - I recently visited a Bradford Library and was astonished to hear the library assistants offering free carrier bags to the people using the library, even for carrying one book. On further investigation I saw a notice on the library counter saying
SIR - I agree with Mrs Hahn (T&A, October 1) about the halal meat issue at Subway and other sandwich shops. The Halal meat eaters are being catered for, but not the non-Halal eaters. So the only choice left is to "vote with our feet" - don't go!! Mrs
SIR - I read in the papers and heard on the radio that Birmingham Town Hall is reopening as a concert hall after being closed for 11 years. Apparently the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Cliff Richard all performed there in the past. It's even getting a
Justin Moorhouse Alhambra Studio "Is there any need for this?" Justin asked, pointing to his microphone. His audience - all 40 of us - tittered, awkwardly. But there was no tumble-weed blowing across this stage. Despite the poor turn-out, Justin
SIR - The front page story (T&A, October 1) on who forgot the zebra crossing comes as no real surprise to this pensioner resident of the Valley Road estate in Shipley. Here nothing has ever been done for pedestrians (always the last in the pecking order
Sean Hughes St George's Hall As the less-than-capacity crowds filed into St George's Hall there was an air of expectation mixed with uncertainty. After years away from the stand up circuit would Hughes be able to cut the mustard? The answer, in the
SIR - I am not surprised to read about the appalling absence of a zebra crossing near the new Bradford Academy (T&A, October 1). Local councillors, including myself, had to press hard for a crossing to be incorporated into plans for the Salt Grammar
SIR - The excellent letter from D Parsons (T&A, September 28) regarding unrealistic fines imposed by courts is a matter I have been concerned about for a number of years. The fines imposed are, of course, totally unrealistic and of course magistrates
Britain's children are divided, both socially and racially, along the same lines as the nation's adult population. There are children from very privileged families and from desperately poor families. There are children from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds
A group of tiny clay people, just a few inches high, are wearing fancy dress hats and standing awkwardly together, trapped in a wooden box. A sign on the side of the box reads: "All dressed up and nowhere to go." Nearby, dangling from the ceiling on
Bradford children are being given the chance to be boss of a company for the day. Next month's Takeover Day will see scores of leaders at schools, charities, restaurants, the NHS and big businesses stepping aside for the day and letting youngsters run
Smoke damaged an entire stock at a clothes shop today after a blaze broke out in a three-storey building. Firefighters from Bradford were called to Dhalias in Leeds Road, Bradford, just before midnight. Crews wearing breathing apparatus had to smash
Bradford student Skander Rehman was murdered in a "planned execution" because his killer wrongly believed his victim had had an affair with his wife, a court heard. Feroz Khan shot 20-year-old Skander in the back of the head at point-blank range to "
The Lord Mayor's Carnival Parade, due to start from Crown Court Plaza at 11am on Saturday, will mark the 100 years that have elapsed since the city was granted Lord Mayoral status. Several road closures will be in place and some buses will be redirected
Britain's top park opened its gates to visitors and invited them to take a peek behind the scenes. Lister Park, in it's 54-acre glory, was just one of Bradford Council's sites including City Hall and the Alhambra Theatre that welcomed the public to take
In 1883 the Orient Express began its first journey. In 1905 Orville Wright became the first person to fly an aircraft for more than 33 minutes. In 1988 Alfred Dick, the Bavarian minister for the environment, asked people not to yodel in the Alps as
Tory party leader David Cameron has named Bradford as a key battleground in the General Election, but failed to say how he intends to win back support. Speaking to the Telegraph & Argus at the party conference in Blackpool, Mr Cameron issued a rallying
A convicted killer told a jury he did not threaten to stab a betting shop manageress who refused to pay him his winnings. Matthew Stubbs said he did not have a knife when he lost his temper in the William Hill shop in Manchester Road, Bradford. He denied
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Mark Charles Atkinson, aged 30, of Baildon Wood Court, Baildon; failure to produce licence, £110 fine, £40 costs; driving while using hand-held mobile phone, £110 fine, licence endorsed. James
A mother has thanked a postman who turned Good Samaritan after he came to the aid of her 17-year-old son when he fell off his motorbike and lay unconscious in the middle of the road. Quick-thinking postie Andrew Carrington, known as Simon, was starting
Zimbabwean nationals who fled the brutal regime of Robert Mugabe, have held a protest in Bradford. The Zimbabweans, some of whom have faced beatings and been the victims of rapes at the hands of Mugabe's militias, say if they are forced back they will
A health campaigner who has twice beaten cancer has warned that lives will be at risk if patients currently treated at Airedale General Hospital have to travel to Bradford Royal Infirmary. Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at Airedale in Steeton
Livestock sales were due to re-start at Skipton Auction Mart today - but with a warning from the general manager that many farmers face "potential ruin" after the foot and mouth and bluetongue outbreaks. Jeremy Eaton was speaking ahead of the planned
