Silsden put the frustration of Saturday’s postponement behind them to claim a second consecutive 1-0 win in the North West Counties League Premier Division tonight with victory at Maine Road. The only goal of the game may go down as an own goal as Harry
Junior Witter has turned down a spot on the next round of Prizefighter. Witter was invited to take part in the highly-successful one-night tournaments which feature eight of the top domestic fighters in each weight. But Bradford’s former world champion
McNamara has refused to be drawn on speculation linking him to the vacant position as England head coach. The Bulls boss turned his full attention to club duties on Monday after operating as Tony Smith’s assistant throughout the national team’s Four
City's FA Youth Cup tie against Crewe tonight is OFF. A heavy deluge just after 4pm left surface water on the Valley Parade pitch. An inspection from referee Nigel Greenhalgh 90 minutes before kick-off deemed it unplayable.
Hailing from a practical family of electricians, painters and decorators, handyman Stewart Simpson believes he has inherited the DIY gene. “My hobby has always been practical things – gardening and serious DIY,” he says. Stewart can turn his hand to
A Bradford teenager has told a jury she was raped and sexually abused when she was ten years old. She said she would cry alone years later thinking about what she had endured. The girl told Bradford Crown Court today she suffered from
Bradford Council’s executive today agreed to sign an agreement with a private company to develop homes, businesses and leisure between Bradford and Shipley in a proposed £500 million project. The Council is set start a joint venture partnership with
A strategy to help banish child poverty in the district will be developed by Bradford Council following a meeting of the authority’s executive this afternoon. Councillors agreed that the strategy would be part of a wider blueprint to address
Fire crews were today tackling a large blaze at a water treatment works at High Eldwick, near Bingley. The emergency services were called following reports of a blaze at the Graincliffe Water Treatment works at Otley Road, Bingley Moor, at
Rui Marques, Leeds United’s Angolan international defender, began his comeback by playing a full 90 minutes against Middlesbrough with no ill effects in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Thorp Arch yesterday. Leeds lost the game 4-3, striker David Somma
A rugby club has pledged to give a slice of funds raised for its 2010 tour to Bradford’s Burns Unit Appeal. Bradford & Bingley RFC is holding a series of fundraising events for its tour of northern France next year and will give ten per
A dad-of-five who initially admitted fraudulently claiming £56,000 in benefits has now been acquitted by a judge. Mohammed Sharif, 51, was formally found not guilty at Bradford Crown Court yesterday of 20 charges against him. It was
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of two people at a Bradford nightclub. Two men received minor gunshot wounds in the incident at the Cube Nightclub, in Ivegate, earlier this month. West Yorkshire Police
A Bradford driver is on the fast track to success after signing a deal to race in the 2010 British Formula Ford Championship. Josh Benson, from Drighlington, will follow in the footsteps of Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell and current F1 world
Former Hanging Heaton all-rounder Thilan Thushara has been ruled out of Sri Lanka’s Test series against India due to a shoulder injury. The left-arm paceman injured his shoulder during practice on the eve of the ongoing first Test against India in Ahmedabad
Having felt they deserved a draw, Wyke Wanderers Under-Eights were caught by a breakaway goal in going down 2-1 at Shelf in the RCD Huddersfield League. Connor Barran had a great first half in goal for Wyke before finding good space but no service in
Bradford United’s Under-Nines’ 20-match winning streak came to an end in the Keybury League when they lost 3-0 at Stanningley. The home side thoroughly deserved their win, proving too fast and too strong for a United side that were far from
Horsforth’s John Convery and son Sam produced outstanding results as they took on the cream of the north’s cross-country runners in the televised McCain international meeting at Gateshead. Sam, 12, covered the tough under-13s 3km course in 12min 27sec
Craven, Aire & Wharfe League – Under-18B: Bingley 1, Wilsden 2; Bolton Woods 7, Queensbury8 3. Under-16A: Bradford Park Avenue 2, Silsden 6; Queensbury6 Yellows 5, Grassington 0; Undercliffe 1, Bingley 3; Wilsden 1, Shipley Lions 1. B: Prospect
A firm that provides online child protection training courses has donated £20,000 to charities working with children and young people across the country. The Safeguarding Children e-Academy, based in Ilkley, annually donates a percentage of its revenues
Officials at Skipton Auction Mart are hoping someone will recognise a 100-year-old trophy rediscovered at a jumble sale in the 1980s. The silver trophy was presented by Skipton Auction Mart Company in 1900 for the best pen of lambs at one of the sheep
Low cost airline Jet2.com is offering its first dedicated service for Muslim pilgrims taking part in the annual Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Yeadon airline’s charter arm, Jet2charters.com, is operating the flights on behalf of Bradford-based specialist
Sandy Lane, who had more than their share of disciplinary problems last season in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League, have adopted a zero tolerance policy towards troublemakers. Club secretary John Hird states in a letter sent to the league: “Our captains
City analysts are waiting to see if sales at Bradford-based supermarket operator Morrisons continued to out-perform its rivals in the third quarter of the year. Morrisons will reveal its latest sales figures on Thursday. The company has been a star
The future of a youth shelter in Wyke is set to be decided this week. A shelter was built at Wyke Lane Recreation Ground earlier this year despite 52 objections from residents. Bradford Integrated Youth Service staff, working with young
Another event tomorrow marking Global Enterprise Week will feature six finalists in a Dragon’s Den-style competition. Biz factor, backed by enterprise support body Bradford Kickstart, is offering £1,500 of business support for the winner. Finalists
Clubs in the Mewies Solicitors Craven & District League have been ticked off about the quality of their match report sheets. League secretary Ann Coe called the standard “very disappointing” at the league’s latest meeting at Skipton LMS Sports Club.
US star Katy Perry flaunted no less than 12 outfits hosting the recent MTV Europe Music Awards, but the sartorial story wasn’t about her show-stopping frocks. The singer turned to one of this season’s hottest trends to cause a stir, underwear
A new branch of the Merchant Navy Association is being formed in Harrogate on Sunday, December 6, with a meeting starting at 14.00 hours. A committee and officers will be appointed at the meeting which is being held at the Ex-Servicemen’s Club, 4 East
Elderly people in Menston will have more independence thanks to lottery funding. The Abbeyfield Ilkley Society has been granted nearly £8,000 for mobility scooters at its new sheltered accommodation, The Beeches. The four-wheeled vehicles will be road
Hundreds of Christmas boxes are on their way to some of the poorest children in the world. Almost 1,000 wrapped shoeboxes were sent off last week, with many more expected to follow. The boxes are made up for either boys or girls and
A new parents group has been formed to take on the fight for a new secondary school for Birkenshaw, Birstall, Gomersal and East Bierley. The BBG Parents’ Alliance consists of parents from the communities who were angered when Kirklees Council chose
Former City manager Jim Jefferies admitted it was “flattering” to be linked with the Scotland job but refused to divulge whether he was interested in succeeding George Burley. Burley was sacked after just 22 months in charge on Monday afternoon in the
Shipley residents can find out about the improvement scheme for the Saltaire roundabout at a neighbourhood forum. Residents will also meet their Neighbourhood Policing Team and members of the new Neighbourhood Service at the Shipley North Neighbourhood
Budding musicians have the chance to showcase their skills at open mic sessions being held in Baildon. The nights are being organised by Steve Gibson who runs Beat It music store in the village. Steve performs with his band, Little Egypt, at the nights
An unusual appeal for help has been issued ahead of a festive event due to be held in Bradford Organisers fear Santa will not be able to join in the fun in Heaton if someone does not come forward to provide him with transport, ideally an open-top car
Police have appealed for information after a man was found with head injuries in Denholme. It is believed the 43-year-old might have been involved in an accident with a vehicle. Yesterday he was being treated at Leeds General Infirmary, where he was
More than 60 young people took to the football pitch for a five-a-side tournament held in Bradford to kick racism out of football. Eight teams of under 18 players from across Bradford district took part in the competition at the Manningham Sports Centre
Wibsey Warriors’ gallant bid to reach the BARLA YORKSHIRE CUP final came to a 28-6 end at Hunslet Old Boys. Early injuries to forwards Dean Midgley and Ross Simpson hit the Warriors hard but they still ensured their vastly experienced hosts had to work
A below-strength Bradford Dudley Hill came within a whisker of a terrific National Conference League Division One success at Millom. Hill, with forwards Liam Jordan and Tony Huby to the fore in the engine room, toiled relentlessly to restrict
Matt Orford feels ‘blessed’ after completing a dream move to Bradford Bulls. The 31-year-old Aussie star signed a lucrative three-year deal yesterday to complete a whirlwind week for both player and club. As Orford arrived, club captain
Running Log Pudsey Pacers and Pudsey & Bramley fought like tigers for final positions in the Yorkshire Over-35s League at Cleckheaton. The Pacers had huge turn-outs throughout the ten-race grand prix series and won the ‘all-to-count’ league by a massive
Bradford-born retail chief Peter Marks has risen from management trainee to be recognised as a national business leader. Mr Marks, group chief executive of The Co-op Group, was named as Orange Leader of the Year at the National Business Awards
An international leadership expert will help launch a new networking and support group for Bradford business women tomorrow. Professor Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe, of Bradford University School of Management, will be among those launching NEWS –
Josh Dimbleby won both the batting and the bowling awards at Thornton Cricket Club’s junior presentation night. Luke Esposito was the top fielder, while there were three winners for the under-15s and under-13s. Adam Simpson (batting), Jimmy Dimbleby
The only direct train between Bradford and London was cancelled today when a derailment caused widespread disruption to services across West Yorkshire. The derailment happened at Micklefield, east of Leeds, in the early hours. The East Coast rail company
A campaign to help more than 500,000 households living in fuel poverty in Yorkshire and the Humber has started. Charity group National Energy Action (NEA) wants to raise awareness of the problem of fuel poverty and the various grants and schemes that
The head of an environmental project which helps community groups to grow food at Bradford’s allotments says the Council could do more to encourage people to grow their own in inner city areas. Carlton Smith, the chief executive of Bradford
Smokers in Bradford are being urged to have a lung function test, to find out if they have a serious and progressive lung disease. Up to three million people around the UK have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and yet are in the
Assaults against NHS staff have reduced over the last year, new figures show. The annual reported assault figures against NHS staff in England, released yesterday by the NHS Security Management Service (NHS SMS), show Bradford District Care
An 86-year-old woman, kidnapped and raped at a Bradford care home, died from natural causes, a post-mortem examination has confirmed. The frail pensioner was dragged from her bed at her room in the Springfield residential care home, Western Way, Woodside
A school classroom was badly damaged during a blaze earlier this morning. The fire broke out in a two-storey building at Holycroft Primary School, in Victoria Road, Keighley, at about 5.30am. Stuart Minnikin, watch manager at Keighley
When I was sent a preview DVD of a new documentary series about a Bradford school, I was expecting something predictably bleak and hard-hitting. Disruptive children running rings around weary teachers, depressing facts about failing league tables, classroom
Zoe Tyler has spent much of her television career on the judging panels of shows searching for the next big talent. She was a judge and vocal coach on BBC1’s How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? and Any Dream Will Do, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s televised
25 years ago: The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Roy Williamson, appealed for compassion from both sides in the miners’ dispute to bring it to a swift end. 50 years ago: Bradford soprano Christine Thompson was to sing for a BBC radio
SIR – Now I see how the Government treats its scientists when they don’t toe the line I begin to understand why they continue to spout their nonsense on climate change. Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, Main Street, Wressle
SIR – If the people of Bradford really want to keep the Odeon cinema, as I have seen with the many messages of support left on the cinema’s walls, then the only way to make the Council listen is to boycott the city on weekends. Let the people show how
SIR – What the Odeon needs before our ‘enlightened’ Council bulldoze it forever, is an iconic champion(s) to speak in its favour, someone like Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger, for example. I know they played there in the mid-sixties when they were not
SIR – I am writing in representation of a local faith forum in Bradford. I am writing with discontent over the characterisation of one of the days of national Interfaith Week, particularly, “Tolerance Day” which was to be celebrated on Monday, November
SIR – Regarding the postman convicted of stealing to fuel his gambling habit (T&A, November 6), in times past when the world seemed a saner place, postal workers could be reprimanded for any form of gambling. Even football pools were out of order as
SIR – With the ink hardly dry on the report on MPs’ expenses, yet already looking set to be watered-down to the point where few real changes might be made, just what confidence can anyone have of justice for the ordinary taxpayer? Nothing short of full
SIR – It is gratifying to learn from Councillor Watmough (“Demolition won’t help traffic flow”, T&A, November 6) that ward councillors have considered the traffic problem at the Leeds Road/Carr Lane junction “for some time, and highways officers for considerably
No-one should face abuse or worse because of the type of work they do. So the fact that one section of public service employees has to contend with just this sort of thing on a regular basis is simply unacceptable. And when you consider we are talking
SIR – Great news from Brussels! The EU plans a new £280m building for the EU President and Foreign Minister. The new building is to house the offices of the new EU President, EU Foreign Minister and European diplomatic service, which will be created
SIR – Do you remember how our Council was bullied into reducing the targets of the original Serco Education contract a few years ago? And then recently bullied by English Heritage and Yorkshire Forward into proposing the demolition of the Odeon? Now
SIR – On Saturday, October 3, Bradford City played against Northampton Town (nickname The Cobblers) at Sixfields, Northampton. A minute’s silence was held in memory of my mum, Diana Moriarty, a huge Cobblers fan, who sadly passed away on September 28
Tragic teenager Charlotte Wilson’s family last night held a candle-lit vigil on what would have been her 17th birthday to implore that her death should not be in vain. Police temporarily closed the road where Charlotte died in a car crash last
City’s youngsters have been told to forget all about Arsenal as they plot a way through the second round of the FA Youth Cup tonight. David Wetherall’s side face Crewe at Valley Parade – with the winners earning a glamour date away to the holders
