Joe Brown's City career was saved by international red tape before it had even kicked off. The Clayton teenager was the hero at wintry Morecambe with the late LDV Vans Trophy winner on his debut. But it so nearly didn't happen after he was offered a trial
WHEN a young Peter Barker got his first taste of the high seas with Aireborough Gilbert and Sullivan Society he perhaps never imagined a career with the Royal Navy. Peter, 24, has recently been promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy
Drivers are being warned to avoid Burley Woodhead after the closure of Moor Road because of the danger of a wall collapsing into the road. The road has been closed, except for access, for a week to allow urgent repairs to be carried out. It is expected
It's a funny old world. One minute you're walking down the red carpet at a New York premiere -- and the next you're back at your school desk in Menston. At least that's the way it is for Matthew Lewis -- otherwise known as Neville Long-bottom, of Harry
Entrepreneurial Bradford residents who were unsuccessful in securing a place on the Enterprise Island challenge were today attending a special masterclass to help them boost their skills. Dozens of would be business people were invited to the interactive
Retailers in Bradford are dismissing gloomy predictions of "high street carnage" this Christmas as sales in Yorkshire plummet. But many fear that sales will be less buoyant than those in recent years. Leeds professional services firm Deloitte said that
A project in Borneo has helped a young man to become the first in his village for decades to receive the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. John Pawson (known to his friends as Nhoj) is the first scout in the village for at least 26 years to earn the coveted
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to turn a former railway line into footpath, bridle path and cycle route between Addingham and Bolton Abbey would destroy a 'wildlife haven' says a local walker and cyclist. Moor Lane resident Robert Hodgson believes the proposed
PRESSURE is growing on district chiefs to move a household waste tip and recycling centre out of town instead of expanding its activities in a residential area. Residents living near Bradford Council's Golden Butts Household Waste site claim they will
Former school annexe is 'in a disgusting state' SIR, - After several phone calls without reply, I am writing to you about the disgusting state of the old All Saints Junior School annexe in Bridge Street., Otley. The building itself is boarded up and covered
A NUMBER of local orienteers from the Airienteers Club have been crowned National champions after the latest National Event which was held at Kyloe in Northumberland. The new champions are Robert Kelly (M14) from Menston, Hector Haines (M18) from Ilkley
West Park 22 Scarborough 10 This top-of-the-table clash, with both sides beaten only once this season, lived up to expectations as West Park, cheered on by their annual reunion of past players, sent their East Coast rivals home with a resounding defeat
Aireborough 38 Old Otliensians 8 The previously unbeaten league leaders Old Otlienians definitely found their match and more in an exceptional Aireborough team on Saturday. As they rhymed off the number of teams they had beaten this year after scoring
IT has been an eventful couple of weeks for Guiseley-based athletics coach Wilf Paish. After being honoured at a dinner at Woodhouse Grove School for his services to athletics the 73 year-old who has coached some of the country's top athletes was presented
Chart-topping vocalist Alice Nutter wants Bradford people to help her with a new project. Formerly with Chumbawumba - the West Yorkshire band that had a major hit with Tubthumping - Alice is now a playwright. And she has set out to tell the story of the
A review of mental health services in Airedale could see the closure of a community mental health service in Bingley. Bradford District Care Trust, which is responsible for mental health and learning disability services in the district, is looking at
Carers across the Bradford district are being urged to attend a drop-in session to make sure they are getting the benefits they are entitled to. The Carers' Benefits Information Session will be held at the Victoria Hotel, in Bridge Street, Bradford, between
The first permanent Islamic radio station to be set up in the UK is to be launched in Bradford. Islam Radio will broadcast on digital DAB radio from 2pm tomorrow and will broadcast around the clock. The ground-breaking station will feature discussion
Bradford residents are being offered a chance to have their say on how offenders should be punished. Community Payback, a Government scheme to be launched in the city on Saturday, aims to engage the public in the fight against crime by allowing them to
JEAN Earle and Gill Godden of Ben Rhydding Bowls Club became Yorkshire Pairs Champions in the finals of the Yorkshire Women's Bowling Association event. The Ben Rhydding pair also represented Yorkshire at the National Finals in Leamington Spa in July.
Huddersfield YMCA 32 Ilkley 27 A disjointed start to this match allowed the league's bottom club to accumulate confidence which had clearly been missing from the start of the season. The Dalesmen were under pressure from the first minute. It appeared
Cut the posing and give us value SIR - Perhaps Colin Cramphorn, West Yorkshire's Chief Constable, would care to enlighten us on the economics of "suspect transport". When six suspects were brought from London on Sunday, it apparently required seven Transit
AT first glance the headline figures from Leeds Bradford Airport's draft Master Plan look impressive - or terrifying, depending on your point of view. By anyone's standards a projected rise in annual passenger numbers from 2.6 million to 7 million within
Ian Henderson will wear the Bulls' No 9 shirt when the Super League champions kick off their season with the World Club Challenge showdown against NRL champions Wests Tigers in Huddersfield on February 4. Henderson has claimed the hooker's shirt - which
Yorkshire have concluded a highly successful nine-day visit to the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai. The party returned home yesterday and batting coach Kevin Sharp, who led the tour to India, said it been a thoroughly worthwhile exercise. "The coaches
Colin Todd today reinforced his hardline stance against under-performing wingers Owen Morrison and Bobby Petta at Morecambe. Both players were substituted before half-time in Tuesday's LDV game, with Todd angry at what he saw as a lack of commitment.
Joe Vagana has defended his cousin Nigel over the tackle that left Bulls scrum half Paul Deacon requiring major facial surgery. The New Zealand stand-off has been keeping a low profile since receiving a one-match ban that was slammed by Bulls chairman
A project in Borneo has helped a young man to become the first in his village for decades to receive the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. John Pawson (known to his friends as Nhoj) is the first scout in the village for at least 26 years to earn the coveted
A VISION for how Leeds Bradford Airport could virtually treble its operations over the next 25 years has been published. The draft master plan forecasts a massive hike in passenger numbers, from 2.6 million to 7 million a year, between now and 2030 -
A WOMAN who accidentally locked her ten-month-old baby in her car was refused help by the Automobile Association. Despite being a long standing member, mother of two Heather Carroll was unable to give her membership number because her card was also inside
Councillors are demanding answers from supermarket giant Sainsbury's after a resident was told by the company's customer service department that they have no intention of building a store in Otley. The revelation came in an official response to a complaint
The shocking murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky as she went about her daily work of maintaining law and order in Bradford has sent shock waves across the district. Outpourings of sympathy and grief have come from every community as Bradfordians have united
Drivers are being warned to avoid Burley Woodhead after the closure of Moor Road because of the danger of a wall collapsing into the road. The road has been closed, except for access, for a week to allow urgent repairs to be carried out. It is expected
FED-up drivers stuck on the Addingham bypass in the morning are pulling off to drive on the back road through Beamsley to get to Ilkley, claims a parish councillor. And he says the cause of the congestion is simply the lack of a filter lane at the traffic
TWELVE-year-old Max Maslen's parents admit they have two left feet when it comes to dancing. But the Ilkley Grammar School pupil's own skills are such that he has just been awarded a Junior Ballet North Scholarship by the British Ballet Organisation (
STALLING health bosses have been warned they face determined protests from the people of Ilkley after waiting three years for the future of local hospital services to be secured. Head of the Ilkley Coronation Hospital campaign group, parish council chairman
'No respect for the dead in plans for North Chapel' SIR, - The present planning proposals for the North Chapel in Ilkley Cemetery show no respect for those who are buried nearby. They show no respect for the mourners at the burial ceremonies which take
ONLY one of the Wharfedale FA Resource Print Solutions Challenge Cup quarter-final ties was completed on Saturday. Two fell victim to the frost and one to an outbreak of mumps! Trinity and All Saints Colleges were due to stage the Horsforth derby with
GUISELEY were disappointed to have their game at Matlock Town called off on Saturday. Apparently this call off emphasised the difficulties teams have in judging the call. With Guiseley having to make a long journey Matlock obviously had to make an early
Otley 19 Pertemps Bees 22 OTLEY secured a late bonus point that keeps them just ahead of the Birmingham side in the lower end of the league. Had they produced their final efforts sooner they would have taken the game. As if to prove that there are few
A community group that is hoping to rebuild a village in Kashmir with the help and donations of Bradford residents will be sending out a delegation to assess the situation on the ground next month. The Yorkshire Kashmiri Community Forum (YKCF) launched
The Department of Health has stepped in to warn doctors in Bradford only to give flu vaccinations to people who are in the "at risk" groups. The Government has warned that emergency stocks of the vaccine will soon be exhausted and only those aged 65 and
Building work has started on a new £10 million canal-side housing development. Developers JM Construction Ltd of Leeds are building 120 apartments on the site of three mills in Crossflatts, near Bingley, overlooking the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Merrie and
The owner of two Bradford restaurants has been landed with a £15,000 bill after a court heard about the filthy conditions found there last year. Dirty washbasins, stinking toilets and grease-covered walls, floors and ceilings were among the problems uncovered
Three years ago Linda Adams packed up a few parcels in her living room and sent them out to neighbouring families for Christmas. Now Linda runs an organised hamper distribution service across Bradford's Canterbury estate, where she lives, and plans to
Bradford's Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh will be making her debut performance in the city as the band perform a special concert at an event set to raise money for the family of Sharon Beshenivsky. The chart-topping girl band will be taking to the stage
The gun which killed PC Sharon Beshenivsky would have been smuggled into the country, according to a Bradford firearms expert. Earlier this week, eye-witnesses who spoke to the T&A reported seeing the 38-year-old mother of five gunned down by a semi-automatic
Bradford will pause in silent tribute tomorrow exactly one week on from the moment when police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was gunned down. A two-minute silence will be held at 3.30pm - the time the mum-of-five lost her life, shot in cold blood by armed
A NUMBER of local orienteers from the Airienteers Club have been crowned National champions after the latest National Event which was held at Kyloe in Northumberland. The new champions are Robert Kelly (M14) from Menston, Hector Haines (M18) from Ilkley
ONLY one of the Wharfedale FA Resource Print Solutions Challenge Cup quarter-final ties was completed on Saturday. Two fell victim to the frost and one to an outbreak of mumps! Trinity and All Saints Colleges were due to stage the Horsforth derby with
Aldridge Ladies 4 Ben Rhydding 1 Ben Rhydding Ladies' winning streak came to sudden end with a disappointing performance against league leaders Aldridge. Whether it was the long trip to Birmingham or the fact that their opposition were just too strong
Ilkley Karate Club added an incredible four new black belts to its ever increasing group. The four Ilkley students achieved their long term ambition at the weekend after successfully completing a six hour mental and physical endurance for their black
AT first glance the headline figures from Leeds Bradford Airport's draft Master Plan look impressive - or terrifying, depending on your point of view. By anyone's standards a projected rise in annual passenger numbers from 2.6 million to 7 million within
