Leeds 1, Bury 2 The ten men of Leeds crashed out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy to Second Division Bury in their first home defeat of the season in front of nearly 19,000 fans. And manager Dennis Wise caught the mood in the second half when he threw
Bradford's Renaissance Academy has held a charity chess tournament in aid of the Children in Need appeal. The event at the Latvian Club in Manningham was attended by the city's world light welterweight boxing champion Junior Witter, who is a keen chess
Bradford Council's executive today decided where additional funding worth £1.5 million will be spent to help raise educational standards at struggling primary schools in the district. The pot of cash was identified in Bradford Council's budget proposals
City Youth 1, Macclesfield Youth 2 An early mistake by City goalkeeper Sam Filler proved costly as the Bantams bowed out of the FA Youth Cup at the first-round stage at Coral Windows Stadium last night. Macclesfield took the lead in the third minute
The six men on the shortlist to become the first JCT 600 Bradford League Players' Player of the Year have been revealed. They include the top run-scorers in Division One and Division Two, a bowler who took two hat-tricks during the season and a second-team
Nick Spachis, chairman of what he called "a vibrant and multi-cultural" Bradford Mutual Sunday School Cricket League, praised all the member teams at the league's annual dinner at the Bradford Club. He thanked them for their contributions over the previous
A second day of protests has taken place in Bradford over the imposition of martial law by the Musharraf regime in Pakistan. The protest outside the Pakistani Consulate included students from Bradford, Sheffield and Leeds as well as representatives of
Police want to trace the male driver of a dark-coloured estate car which was involved in an accident with a schoolgirl on a pedestrian crossing in Swadford Street, Skipton. The 11-year-old suffered a leg injury when she was in collision with the car
Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Wyke. A 17-year-old youth caught the 626 bus to Brighouse from Bradford Interchange and got into a conversation with a male passenger in his late teens. The youth got off the bus at Wyke and was followed
Clayton utility back Danny Belcher stole the show by scoring four tries and kicking nine conversions in the 58-8 trouncing of visitors Kippax Welfare in the Pennine League Premier Division. Belcher's 34-point haul was even more remarkable considering
A gunman who sparked a nationwide manhunt following a shooting incident in Bradford in 2004 has finally pleaded guilty. Jibrhan Khan was due to stand trial at the city's crown court today on charges of attempted murder and wounding with intent to cause
Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery. A 17-year-old youth caught the 626 bus to Brighouse from Bradford Interchange and got into a conversation with a male passenger in his late teens. The youth got off the bus at Wyke and was followed by
While the race for the league title may have been won, the battle for the minor placings is set to go right down to the final round in the Yorkshire Points Series after race seven last weekend. Stuart Wearmouth, the Picarsso Pulman rider from Bishop
Proud Steve McNamara got a massive kick out of helping Great Britain re-establish themselves as a world force. The Bulls boss was an influential figure in the Lions set-up as they swept to a 3-0 whitewash over New Zealand. In his role as Tony Smith's
A pupil and two staff were bitten by a loose dog in school grounds today. The dog, believed to be a German Shepherd, was sedated with a special spray by a police dog handling unit. The unaccompanied animal cornered a year seven pupil at Oakbank School
Nicky Law believes City owed it to boss Stuart McCall to get out of their rut. Back-to-back wins over Chester in the league and FA Cup have lifted the mood around Valley Parade. Law is delighted to see McCall and Wayne Jacobs breathing easier again
Bradford Coroner's Office is attempting to trace the family of a Mr Alekandrs Naturins, who was found dead at his home in Little Horton, Bradford on April 29th this year. The Coroner's Officer needs to speak to the family urgently so he can continue
The hard life of the workers who built the Ribblehead viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle railway is remembered in an exhibition at the Bainbridge office of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Thousands worked on windswept Blea Moor to build the viaduct
Police are investigating the theft of a trailer worth £1,000 from land off Carla Beck Lane, Carleton, near Skipton. The twin-axle trailer disappeared between 8.45am and 2.50pm on Wednesday, November 7. Police are trying to trace the driver of a dark-coloured
Author Margaret Drabble will be speaking about and reading from her work and discussing the influence of the Brontes on her writing at the West Lane Baptist Centre in Haworth on Wednesday, November 28, at 2.30pm. The Yorkshire-born writer was an actress
A pensioner was left to drown in his own blood after he was stamped, kicked and punched in a violent assault, a court heard today. The attackers of Jankee Jaimungal, 72, went to an off-licence to buy alcohol while their victim lay dying in a flat, Leeds
St Mary's and St Monica's RC Church, Cottingley, holds a Christmas fair on Sunday, November 25, at 2pm. There will be books, tombola, cakes, bric-a-brac, games and a visit by Father Christmas.
Running log Cullingworth's Lucy Mayho (Bingley Harriers) represented the North of England in the European cross-country (EAA) fixture at Tilburg in the Netherlands. Running in the under-23s race, Mayho finished a dogged sixth over a muddy course, laced
Silsden's Proms on the Farm team has organised an evening of variety entertainment. The event, featuring For One Night Only and other guest artistes, is at Silsden Golf Club on Saturday, November 24, from 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 and are available from
Embsay Players stage their pantomime, The King's New Clothes, at Embsay village hall from Monday to Saturday. Tickets are available from the Paper Shop, Embsay, priced at £3 for the Monday show and £5 for all other performances.
The YBS Brass Band performs its annual concert at Bingley Arts Centre on Saturday, November 24, at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £6, concessions £5, are available on the door. Call (01535) 272506 for more information.
The Black Dyke Band performs a concert at Holy Trinity Church, Queensbury, on Thursday, December 20, at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £10, are available on (01274) 818212. Proceeds will go to the church roof appeal.
Prolific scorer Issa Muvunyi netted four times as Eccleshill United's unbeaten under-13s beat KEYBURY LEAGUE title rivals Silsden 5-2. Muvunyi's display made him man of the match, with Zac Bodle's individual effort completing an impressive victory in
A security guard was injured by masked men in an armed robbery. The 32-year-old guard was delivering cash to a cash machine at the Tesco supermarket in Northgate, Cleckheaton, when he was assaulted by two men wearing hooded tops and masks. The robbers
A 27-year-old is being questioned by police after she was arrested on suspicion of managing a brothel and immigration offences. The woman was arrested with three other women, aged 49, 48 and 39, when officers from Bradford District Drugs Team searched
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Asim Islam, aged 25, of Warley Drive, Laisterdyke; taking a car without the owner's consent, £60 fine, banned from driving for six months; driving without insurance, no separate penalty; driving
In 1851, the telephone service between London and Paris began. In 1987, the BBC screened its first condom commercial. In 2003, the world's oldest person, Mitoyo Kawate, of Japan, died at the age of 114. 25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus
The following applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Manningham: construction of single storey rear extension to form kitchen, 181 Hollings Road. Manningham: replacement front door and the single glazed sash windows with new double glazed
Queensbury's Matthew Hoyle didn't have to travel far to pick up his Best Developing Young Rider award at the David Jefferies memorial dinner. The teenager received his trophy from World Superbikes star James Toseland at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford
Thornton Grammar School pupil Jordan Swaine has proved himself a star among sporting leaders. The 17-year-old has been selected as one of ten coaches from 100 participants to coach the coaches at a soccer leadership camp next summer in Berkshire. Jordan
The newly-formed girls' soccer team from Springwood Community Primary School certainly hit the jackpot at Rawdon Meadows the other day. They had a training session with the England women's under-19 squad who were preparing for their UEFA Championship
Oakbank Sports College has been granted academy status by the sport's governing body, Badminton England. The Keighley school - one of the first two schools in Yorkshire to receive the award - was presented with it during National Badminton Week. The
First, a confession: I was going to use this column to deliver a thinly-disguised plug for my new book, a novel called Angelglass which is out on Thursday from Immanion Press, but then I thought: "No, the readers of this newspaper deserve more than a
SIR - Not since the war has a city lost so much of its heritage as happened during the Poulson era. He and those he influenced have much to answer for in laying waste what was a dignified and stately Victorian town. Who can forget Collinson's café,
SIR - In reply to David Rhodes (T&A Letters, November 7); so I'm paranoid am I, as well, I would think, as more than 75 per cent of the Muslim community at present. Did you see the newspaper headline "City high-flier sues firm over Guantanamo detainee
SIR - The news services are excited about one of the "Big" stories. Yes it is true - Glasgow wins the Commonwealth Games 2014. The illustrious Scot and First Minister north of the border, Alex Salmond, says "We will make the games the greatest event
More than 20 protesters, including a former Lord Mayor of Bradford, took part in a demonstration against the state of emergency in Pakistan. Bradford Councillor and former Lord Mayor Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab, Bradford Moor) joined the protest outside the
SIR - It might help Mr Hoyle to know that the UK is unfit for the large scale hydro electric schemes he supports (T&A November 8). Hydro electric power needs either very large volumes of water, or a very big drop and we have nothing to rival the flow
SIR - Geoff Tasker (T&A, November 7) should digest letters before commenting on them. In mine (T&A, October 18), to which he refers, I did not compare Farepack with Northern Rock, I was criticising one of his political friends, who had been doing just
SIR - The EU must be the greatest conspiracy theory tale of them all. To right wingers, UKIP, BNP and the Tory loony fringe, it's a soviet-style socialist state. To their opposites on the Left it's a Nazi-style dictatorship, and to keen religious types
SIR - In his letter (T&A, November 8) Mr Caunt blames Post Office Services Ltd for the withdrawal of facilities to pay television licences at post offices. This is incorrect. The television licence contract was awarded to Paypoint by the TV Licensing
City begin their FA Youth Cup campaign tonight at home to Macclesfield. The prize of a home draw in round two against Rotherham awaits the winner. Admission is £4 for adults and £2 concessions and only the Sunwin Stand will be open. Kick-off is 7pm.
SIR - I would like to thank all your wonderful readers who donated money to pay for Polly the cat's skin graft operation. Thanks to you all Polly, left, is recovering and awaiting someone to give her a loving home. Mrs Brenda Satterley, Allerton Road
SIR - The UK Independence Party is a principled and honourable political party that believes that the UK's destiny should be outside of the European Union. I understand this position. I do not agree with it, but I know exactly where UKIP is coming from
SIR - Mr Whiteside (T&A, November 6) makes a guess about my sources and ascribes to me a view I do not hold. My point was not to argue for one approach over another but to show the great increase in funding for education has not necessarily resulted
SIR - As a retired teacher of 30 years' experience, I am appalled by the government's proposal to retain young people in some form of compulsory education up to the age of 18. Yes, I am fully signed up to having a well-educated and well-skilled population
SIR - How good it is to see Philip Davies MP saying league tables do schools and their pupils no good at all (T&A, November 5). The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has long campaigned for the removal of league tables from the educational scene
In one way it is good news for consumers that "white goods" - the fridges, freezers, washing machines, etc with which we fill our kitchens - have come down in price. However, there are negative aspects to this situation. It's a sound bet that it is cheap
A document aiming to help parents give every child in the district the best possible start in life has been drawn up. For Parents is a parenting strategy aimed at any individual or organisation who works with children and families. It will help organisations
The numbers are all adding up nicely for Steve McNamara. The Bulls chief today announced his 2008 first-team squad numbers and there are a few surprises. He has opted against giving any of his six new signings a slot in the top 17, while Dave Halley
Just days after jailing a "depraved" child sex abuser for 11 years, a judge told him "I was too harsh." In an extraordinary move, Judge Jonathan Durham Hall, QC, called 60-year-old Edward Weaver back to court and reduced his sentence. Weaver, of Stott
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Brad Holroyd Aries Waste Services, of Bierley House Avenue, Bierley; failure to produce an authority for transporting controlled waste, £400 fine, £120 costs, £15 compensation. Terence Mahon
A timber merchant has started a new department that could generate £1 million in turnover over 12 months. C R Taylor (Timber) Limited, which has headquarters in Denholme and a trade centre in Bradford, has introduced a dedicated roof truss department
Pupils at three Bradford primary schools have been awarded prizes after using their artistic talents to warn other children of the dangers of fireworks. Bradford North Police organised a poster competition for primary school pupils across the division
Talented musicians from Bingley Grammar School are set to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in this year's Schools Prom. Members of Soul'd Out beat competition to earn their place on stage, which music teacher and director Chris Marks said was equivalent
Skipton's Medieval Festival takes place on two consecutive Sundays, December 2 and 9. High Street will be closed to traffic with market stalls and entertainment instead. Performers will include the Flagcrackers of Craven, Accrington Pipe Band, Knights
British Transport Police are appealing for information following a complaint by two women that they were sexually assaulted at Forster Square railway station in Bradford. The Bradford women, aged 18 and 19, say they were approached by a youth who attempted
A solicitor has denied being part of a plot to take over rundown properties by cheating the owners. Philip Lowe, 42, is said to have been part of a conspiracy led by builder-cum-property developer Mohammed Alyas and involving four others, Bradford Crown
North Yorkshire Police are warning van drivers to keep to the lawful speed limits for their vehicles - or be prepared to face the consequences. The message comes from Road Policing Group officers who are alarmed by the number of van drivers who claim
Work has started on repairing and restoring the famous Three Rise Locks at Bingley and when completed they will be as near as possible as they were almost 240 years ago. British Waterways wants the Grade II* listed structures to look as they did when
Check out what's inside your mouth is the message of a new health campaign which could save lives across the district. Oral health teams from Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust and the Maxillofacial Unit at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
What daring secret agent lives in a red pillar box cunningly disguised as a red pillar box? What was the first computer-generated film to win an Oscar? Can you name all Scooby Doo's cousins? If you fancy yourself as a cartoon boffin, get yourself along
Silsden is holding its annual Christmas Extravaganza, complete with Santa Claus and his grotto, late-night shopping, stalls and mulled wine, on Wednesday, December 5. Silsden Gala Committee chairman Chris Atkinson said it was an opportunity for the businesses
A Bingley mum has won her campaign for British troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan to receive free post. An open-ended deal to provide the service was yesterday announced by the Royal Mail and the Ministry of Defence. It has come after years of campaigning
A nightclub reunion has proved so popular that the organisers have decided to hold another one, and are appealing for more people to come along and join in the fun. The event is on Friday at the New Tyke on Thornton Road, Bradford. It will see people
