Whitby Town 2 Park Avenue 3 Avenue climbed another few places up the UniBond League Premier Division table with a second 3-2 away victory on the bounce tonight, despite the best attempts of a former player to scupper their progress.
Having a baby opened up a new career opportunity for Tyersal couple Jennie-Marie and Richard Glover. After their son Daniel was born he became the catalyst for a new business venture, Jen and Rich’s Childminding Services. And it has received support
Simon Grayson was delighted with the way his side bounced back to beat Bristol Rovers 4-0 straight after their first defeat of the season at Millwall. The Leeds United boss said: “We spoke after Saturday’s game and again in the team meeting before the
Bradford businesses seeking funding could get a share of an extra £2 billion of loans to be offered by Yorkshire Bank over the next two years. The new money will be made available through the bank’s financial solutions centres, including one
Scientists at Bradford University working on treatment for children with HIV have made an appeal for funding to help the project continue. The Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation, based at the university, has said it needs to raise £25,000 to continue
A 20-year-old man has been locked up for five years for persistently selling Class A drugs on the streets of Bradford. Judge Jonathan Rose told Sarfraz Ahmed he was caught red-handed “peddling death”. Ahmed pleaded guilty to drug-dealing in Windhill
The Lord and Lady Mayoress of Bradford, Councillor John Godward and his wife Jean, have officially opened a new physiotherapy treatment centre. They also opened an endoscopy and angiography suite at The Yorkshire Clinic, part of Ramsay Healthcare UK,
A number of taxi ranks are to be relocated as part of changes to the road network being made to accommodate Bradford’s City Park. It follows road and bus stop alterations around Centenary Square to allow the eventual closure of Channing Way
Bulls will be under starters orders to come bursting out of the blocks this season. Catalans’ shock victory at St Helens might ultimately have cost Steve McNamara’s men a top-eight berth last term but it was the blundering beginning to the
A complaint has been made to hospital bosses after doctors failed to spot that a baby boy had meningitis and sent him home. Five-month-old Finley-Joe Hall refused his usual bottle at 5.30am last Friday morning and was running a high temperature
Femi Fehintola had to fight back tears before his emotional ring comeback. The Bradford super-featherweight was involved in his first bout for a year – and first since the death of his dad. And Fehintola, who has dedicated the rest of his career in
Sam Burgess has shed light on his face-to-face meeting with Russell Crowe and reveals the movie star clinched his signature for South Sydney after charming his mum. The 20-year-old England forward sparked furious transfer activity among leading NRL clubs
Bismillah Karate Club, Bradford have enjoyed huge success in recent weeks with some hard-hitting action taking place. The club competed in the British Karate Champion-ships, enduring some fierce competition on the way but eventually coming out on top
If it hadn’t been for bumping into a friend, David Kellett and his family might never have spent the last five years living at their stunning home in Wibsey. “I was brought up about 20 metres away, when it was a farm building with chicken runs and pigs
Firefighters have urged people to celebrate safely this Bonfire Night with a graphic poster campaign. The “gone in a flash” campaign shows how fireworks and bonfires can wreck lives if not used responsibly. Firefighters and community safety staff have
Thanks to Jon Taylor, ordinary people can grace the cover of their favourite celebrity magazine. Jon, head of etail development at Bradford card giant Hallmark, is helping customers achieve their newfound celebrity status after the company secured a
A Polish man extradited back to Britain has been remanded in custody over the death of a top Bradford diver in a road accident. Lukasz Banasik, 22, was flown from Poland yesterday and arrested by Hampshire Police investigating the death of Gavin Brown
Police are hunting thieves who have been stealing four-wheel-drive vehicles. Within the past six weeks five Land Rovers and a Nissan Pathfinder with a total value of more than £80,000 have been taken. Two other vehicles were also tampered with but the
Cononley’s Bethan Latham is being tipped to make her mark in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro. The 16-year-old canoeist is among a number of rising stars who have been backed by Sport England and SportsAid. Last year, Bethan became Great Britain
Five years ago, a small group of parents of Westwood Juniors were left with a set of goals and a handful of players. Now, they have gained recognition from the FA, which has just awarded them Charter Standard status. It is a journey that has taken in
Much-changed St Mary’s Menston’s under-19s' soccer team maintained their 100 per cent record for the season, beating Ilkley 4-1. With captain Tom Copsey having to play in goal and several other players featuring in different positions, the match was
Craven College sports development students Hayley Biancardo and Sarah Pate have been selected to be Craven’s Young Sports Ambassadors. They were scouted from a number of young people who do volunteer work and help out with sports at different primary
The Rugby Football League’s community board have agreed a major investment in the sport’s grassroots to provide heavily-subsidised personal accident insurance for every youth and junior club in the country. The biggest discounts will be offered to clubs
Former Otley player Jon Benson, 30, who featured in the Premiership for Leeds Tykes and Rotherham Titans, is the new Rugby Football Union community rugby coach for Darlington and Stockton. Benson also played age-group rugby for England at under-16 and
It was a good week in the Bradford Table Tennis League for three Hermits teams, who were all seeking that elusive first victory. Hermits B, in Division Three, were hopeful they could get off the mark when entertaining Laisterdyke B, who were
Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is making a personal appearance at a Bradford sports shop on Friday. McGrath will be at DR Sports’ pre-Christmas cricket sale in Frizinghall from 3.30pm-5pm.
The pace of improvement made by Bradford schools in the last decade should be celebrated not derided, an education boss has insisted. Denise Faulconbridge, manag-ing director of Education Bradford, said statements made by senior politicians
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Mark Anthony Guiry, aged 40, of Mill Lane, Queensbury; using a mobile phone while driving, £60 fine, £75 costs, licence endorsed. Janaid Iqbal, aged 22, of Sunningdale, Fairweather Green;
A significant number of Bradford teenagers are failing to reach the standards expected of them in English, maths and science, new figures reveal. But a higher proportion of 14-year-olds are reaching the required Level Five in English, based
A teenager is accused of raping a young woman after locking her in a Bradford flat and threatening to blow it up during a terrifying nine-hour ordeal, a court heard. Shohidul Islam, 18, brandished a knife at the girl and said he would set alight what
Life saving blood donors have been turned away from a drop-in centre in Bradford because of a staffing crisis. Normally the Rawson Road centre in the city is open all day Monday to Friday for people who want to drop-in and give blood without an appointment
The Black Dyke Band is to receive a letter from the University of Cambridge – but it won’t be able to open it for 100 years. The Queensbury-based band has been selected to receive a “Letter to the Future” from a representative of the university as part
British record-holder Chris Brown was City of Bradford’s only representative at the British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Swimming in the 55-59 years' age group, Brown came home with a national title in the
Bradford No 1’s snooker side travelled to Castleford No 1 in the Yorkshire Inter-District League and came away with a very creditable 3-3 draw against the defending champions. John Wellham took the opening frame 50-45 for Bradford against Mickey
Bradford Seconds made a whirlwind start against Leeds Carnegie Adel Fifths, scoring three in the first five minutes. With the hosts controlling midfield through Joe Bartholomew, Adel’s keeper had to make first-class saves in the 23rd and 31st
The first annual report of the Climate Change Committee is challenging reading, and it’ll be a shock if many of its recommendations figure prominently in the General Election manifestos as they demand a level of understanding, sacrifice and discipline
Children love computer games. They will sit for hours weaving their way through interactive mazes, overcoming hazards and avoiding pitfalls. So what better way to teach youngsters about a subject? More than 7,000 youngsters have logged on to
It’s not just celebrities who can no longer hide from unwanted publicity. Every day people are being targeted as a result of social networking sites. Facebook, Bebo and Myspace are some of the popular social networking sites used by millions
Nigel Fawcett-Jones is used to dealing with emergency situations. His daily life is spent patrolling some of the county’s busiest motorways as a traffic officer with West Yorkshire Police. When accidents happen, Nigel and his colleagues are generally
25 years ago: Bus routes threatened with the axe were given six months to prove their worth. West Riding Automobile Company chiefs reprieved four Spen routes. 50 years ago: Bradford had fewer unemployed and more vacant jobs, the Bradford and
SIR – As someone living with Type 2 diabetes, I’m writing to ask your readers to support leading health charity Diabetes UK as it launches Get Serious – a national campaign underlining the seriousness of diabetes. Because half a million people in the
SIR – One hundred and sixty Muslims were massacred in just one country in a ten-day period, and perhaps up to a thousand in the last couple of months. I have been waiting patiently for the usual letters of condemnation for such acts from those frequent
SIR – Kevin McCloud’s Tour Of Europe on Channel 4, showing the domes of Italy, is fantastic. What is Bradford doing but to demolish the twin domes of the Odeon, which would have taken a lot of planning and building. It is disgraceful – shame on Bradford
SIR – Patricia Ellis (Letters, October 23) makes interesting points over the Odeon decision taken by the majority of the regulatory and appeals committee. At the last full Council meeting, we Lib-Dems invited all councillors to state that they didn
There has been much speculation about Westfield’s mothballed shopping centre site in Bradford over the last day or so. The situation arose when a BBC programme featured MP Gerry Sutcliffe stating: “It is my understanding that Westfield are prepared to
A pair of brazen thieves snatched a man’s car from under his nose. In a desperate attempt to prevent the theft, Lee Barraclough held on to the back door of his Vauxhall Astra for 20ft as it screeched away from his house in Carr Bottom Road, Bankfoot,
SIR – Conservative opposition to the Human Rights Act is not about liberty and justice but all about their hatred of everything European. By quoting examples of apparently perverse judgements, David Cameron and Philip Davies are seeking an electoral
SIR – The article in the T&A (October 20) in which Professor Stuart Gulliver of Glasgow University is quoted as saying how important the City Park development is to the regeneration of Bradford, makes very interesting reading. Contrast this with the
SIR – Councillor David Ward (T&A, October 14) put a motion to Council calling on councillors to reject the demolition decision re the Odeon cinema building made by the Regulatory and Appeals Committee. I am sure that most Bradford residents would have
SIR – I have literally seen hundreds of motorists using their mobile phones while at the wheel, like those in the pictures taken by your photographer (T&A, October 17). They can’t possibly be in full control of their vehicle using one hand and constitute
Paul Deacon reckons the Bulls have bagged themselves a “hungry teenager” by re-signing Stuart Reardon. Deacon is excited to see his former team-mate back at Odsal for next season. And the Bulls skipper believes that Reardon’s injury horrors will mean
Michael Boulding has handed City a timely fitness boost by shaking off his virus. Boulding has missed the last couple of games after the long-standing illness – which is not swine flu – reared up again. But he has been able to train again this week and
Bradford City joint chairman Mark Lawn has condemned a report on a US website which blames the Bradford City fire disaster on hooligans. The article, which appears in The Sport Journal, published by the United States Sports Academy in Alabama
