The JCT600 Bradford Cricket League have been lauded as trendsetters. Their Performance Quality Standard (PQS) system of marking pitches has so impressed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that they are going to repeat it for all leagues throughout
The Bradford Junior Cricket League are holding weekly nets for under-tens at Hanson School, starting on Saturday (noon-2pm). Interested players should contact the league’s coaching officer Paul Huddlestone on 07771-813644.
Skipton MP David Curry stepped down from his role as the chairman of the Commons sleaze watchdog tonight, pending an inquiry into his second home allowance claims. Conservative Mr Curry is facing allegations that he claimed almost £30,000
A total of 175 staff received awards to celebrate their achievements in Early Years, Childcare and Play. Last night’s Bradford Council ceremony at the Midland Hotel recognised playworkers, childminders and early years workers. A total of 75 awards were
A Bradford band are one step closer to the big time after accepting a multi-album worldwide deal with a major US record label. Acoustic indie rockers Scars On 45 are planning an assault on the music industry across the pond after signing to Atlantic
A 94-year-old woman from Oxenhope who was orphaned at an early age has met the tiny fifth generation of her family. Susan Doris Feather, from Shaw Lane, said: “It’s a long time since I have held one of these” as 12-week-old Brooke Cossins – her great-great-granddaughter
Bradford College has been named as the best in the country for its innovative approach to embedding functional skills in its curriculum. The college was named as an Association of Colleges Beacon Award winner at a ceremony at the AoC’s Annual Conference
A dance artist’s controversial attempt to induce an epileptic seizure on stage at Bradford Playhouse has been condemned by sufferers and their carers. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication in preparation for the Involuntary Dances
Casper Ankergren is hoping to bite the hand that once fed him when Leeds take on Brighton on Saturday. United’s Danish keeper was signed at Elland Road by the partnership of Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet, who has recently taken over as manager at Brighton
Rock legend Brian May was in Bradford last night – and left the guitar behind to discuss his passion for Victorian photography. The Queen guitarist was at the National Media Museum talking about his new book, bringing together a collection of three-dimensional
Michael Symes used to dread Saturday mornings when he played for City. While flatmate Steve Schumacher was up early preparing for another game, the lanky striker knew that the best he could hope for was a seat on the bench. Symes felt that whatever
Baildon’s Richard Masters failed to make the final round in the European Seniors qualifying school, missing the cut by four shots. Rounds of 73, 74 and 75 saw Masters finish nine over par. Englishman John Harrison won the Portugal event at Vale da Pinta
An exciting game is expected when Birkenshaw host Wyke in the second round of the Pennine President’s Cup on Saturday. Both sides believe in attack at all costs, which unfortunately has resulted in leaky defences, resulting in a number of costly defeats
Bradford Dudley Hill coach Jason Lee intends to keep faith with the majority of the side that narrowly failed to take the spoils at Millom last week when they host National Conference Division One strugglers Heworth. Lee said: “It was a brilliant backs-to-the-wall
Wharfedale are sending a strong squad to Harrogate for their first-round Yorkshire Cup tie on Saturday. The temptation will have been strong to rest a number of first-teamers against lower division opposition but that would have weakened the
A controversial car park owner, who was the focus of a TV documentary on car-clamping, has welcomed Government plans to crack down on cowboy clampers. Ted Evans, who owns Changegate car park in Haworth, has received national attention over
It’s starting to get easier on the injury front now with Rammers and Thorney training again and Omar looking miles fitter and stronger. The problems now are just little knocks rather than anything serious. I’ve had a painful bruise on the kneecap
A speeding motorist who knocked down and killed a nursing home resident has been spared prison. A judge told restaurant worker Omar Taj: “We need the likes of you in this community, not shut away out of it.” Bradford Crown Court heard Taj, 22, of Victor
Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons has continued to increase sales more than its rivals – one of the key reasons why its boss Marc Bolland has been poached to run Marks & Spencer. The day after Mr Bolland was named as the next head of Marks &
A 23-year-old Bradford man has appeared in court today on a number of charges in connection with a city-centre nightclub shooting in which two people were wounded. Omar Shah, of Quaker Lane, Canterbury, Bradford, was committed to Bradford Crown Court
A convicted crack cocaine dealer is challenging a court bid to seize more than £200,000 of assets he is accused of acquiring through crime. Donald Foster, 45, told a judge today none of his money came from the proceeds of drug dealing. Foster, jailed
The banks are crashing. Jobs are being lost. No-one can get a mortgage. Is this a good time to launch a luxury brand? Well, Nissan seems to think so. It’s unveiling Infiniti, a marque designed to take on BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and co. But whatever
Yorkshire travel to Warwickshire for their first LV= County Championship Division One match of the season following the England and Wales Cricket Board’s release of the first-class fixtures for 2010. Other noteworthy dates include the first
BRADFORD SEA AC The trip to Liverpool Bay tomorrow is now full. Members who are going on this trip should call David Taylor on 07926-411103 tonight at 8pm for a weather update and travel arrangements. At the AGM on Tuesday, members voted Brian
A young Bradford girl will become a familiar face on TV this Christmas after landing a part in a John Lewis advert. Six-year-old Grace Kitching, of Queensbury, appears in the department store's new commercial, which features children playing with
Baildon, who are third from bottom in Yorkshire Division Three, are victims of circumstances. They have been asked to play an important league match at home to fourth-bottom Garforth this weekend with a weakened team on what was originally
Bradford Park Avenue manager John Deacey hopes to have another new signing available for the UniBond League visit of West Yorkshire rivals Frickley Athletic on Saturday. The Avenue boss is expecting the paperwork to be done which will bring
Scott Waites aims to derail the Flying Scotsman in the second round of the prestigious PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts tonight. Bradford-born Waites faces Gary Anderson in the next stage of the televised showdown at Wolverhampton with a
Albion Sports begin the defence of their Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup this weekend with a visit to T&A League side West Bowling United. The County Amateur League takes a back seat to the cup, with other T&A League sides White Abbey Road
A new neighbourhood police Inspector at Bradford South has vowed to tackle anti-social behaviour in the Queensbury, Royds and Wibsey areas. Inspector Darren Brown, 38, began his career with West Yorkshire Police 16 years ago and transferred
A Bradford long-distance swimmer who this year became the first Yorkshire woman to swim across the English Channel to France and back again has been honoured with a glittering array of awards. Liane Llewellyn, 28, of Denholme, was given a standing
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Undercliffe: construction of basement and ground floor to rear, 192 Cliffe Road. Wibsey: provision of disabled access, toilet facilities and a social area, St Paul’s Church
A review is to take place of bus services operated by Metro to and from Leeds-Bradford Airport. As part of the review, Metro will be holding drop-in sessions in Otley and Yeadon to find out people’s views. The sessions will take place at Otley Civic
Guiseley face a huge local derby on Saturday as they host FC Halifax Town in the FA Trophy third qualifying round – with the clubs closer now than ever before. The Shaymen have had their problems since they dropped out of the Football League for a record
Police are hunting a gunman who threatened a shop boss in an attempted robbery. The raider, armed with a handgun, and two accomplices tried to steal the till from D & P Stores, in Thorn-ton Road, Fairweather Green, Bradford, but fled empty-handed when
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Anthony Michael Murphy, 20, of High Croft, Queensbury; attempted theft, £100 fine, £100 costs; failure to surrender to custody, no separate penalty. Novis Choudry, 27, of Downing
Right from the start, it was clear Paul Deacon was a champion. The baby-face might have fooled some and the 5ft 8in frame yet more but beneath the deceptive exterior lay a snarling, steely warrior who never knew when he was beaten. A
Liversedge wrestled local bragging rights away from neighbours Thackley in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Premier Division last week but both clubs will have to be on their toes this weekend. Fifth-placed LIVERSEDGE host Winterton Rangers
A 25-year-old man had to clamber on to the roof of his pick-up truck when it became trapped in flood water near Skipton last night. The man had tried to cross a ford in Pale Lane, Carleton, when the Nissan Navarro was flooded in water just
Bradford has been named as a national hotspot for people working from home in a new report which calls for more support for the rapidly growing number of home-based businesses in the region. The 2009 Home Business Report, sponsored by BT, reveals that
Farsley Celtic face a tricky FA Trophy tie against high-flying Blue Square North counterparts Droylsden at Throstle Nest on Saturday. Celts boss Neil Parsley is without midfielder Matty Young but otherwise has a clean bill of health for the
A young Bradford girl will become a familiar face on TV this Christmas after landing a part in a John Lewis advert. Six-year-old Grace Kitching, of Queensbury, appears in the department store’s new commercial, which features children playing with gifts
What will happen, I wonder, when Channing Way is closed off. Where will our Clayton buses 636/637 go then? Will we be able, at long last, to go into the Interchange? S Stocks, Broomcroft, Clayton
SIR – Sat in a cafe in Haworth waiting for our coach back to Liverpool, we just had to say what a fantastic day eight of us had watching the “scroggling the holly”. A big thank you to the organisers, and especially the children who took part. You were
SIR – Reading Helen Mead’s column about spiders (T&A, November 9) reminded me that a few months ago the BBC announced in a news broadcast that poisonous spiders, probably brought from the tropics in the hold of a ship or aircraft, are surviving and reproducing
25 years ago: A plaque was unveiled outside the city’s first Joshua Tetley Heritage Inn in Barkerend Road by Bradford’s Lord Mayor, Councillor Olive Messer. 50 years ago: Bradford East MP Frank McLeary was to put a question to the Minister
THE INFORMANT (15, 108 mins) *** Starring Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Patton Oswalt, Clancy Brown, Frank Welker, Eddie Jemison We all want to do the right thing, but few of us ever put ourselves on the line for the
SIR – Nice one, Sting, for condemning the X Factor as “televised karaoke”. Bands of the old-school genre do their homework by starting out on the front-line pub/club scene; performing nightly to drunk, rowdy and often unappreciative audiences. But
SIR – The “Liberal Elite” go on about equality, poverty, and social mobility (climbing up the wealth ladder). If they are so concerned and obsessed, why don’t they donate large amounts to these causes? These include “champagne socialists” like Tony
SIR – A number of people have raised the question of trying to find new occupiers of the Odeon while it is in such a mess and with scare stories of asbestos being put about. One Labour member complained at the last full Council meeting that they got
SIR – For a city that is dying on its feet, to spend £500 million on a canal is ridiculous. Who will use this canal? The few who have access to a canal barge. Why would they come to Forster Square? Just to travel on a new section of canal. What will
SIR – What makes Clayton so special? The Parish Church report claims it has increased congregations by 44 per cent over the last five years, and the Village Hall, with all its facilities, is constantly moving forward. The annual Dickensian Market brings
News that childhood obesity rates across the district are beginning to fall may seem, at first glance, to be just what the doctor ordered. But while any improvement is welcome, the figures still paint a worrying picture, with 30 per cent of those aged
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (12A, 130 mins) *** Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Rachelle Lefevre, Michael Sheen
A thug who carried out a savage revenge attack has been locked up for four years. Robert Bolton, 20, and his uncle, David Bolton, smashed their way into a flat at 3am. They were out for retribution after the occupant, Martin Kelly, had earlier gone
Health bosses are looking at the future of Shipley Community Hospital after safety issues were raised following a fire inspection. The hospital in Kirkgate also needs major refurbishment work. In light of the fire inspection, the hospital is now making
Omar Daley’s much-anticipated comeback has been put on hold – because of City’s youth team. The Jamaican was ready to put nine months of injury hell behind him at Valley Parade next week with an outing in the reserves. But the late wash-out of the club
The Bulls are confident there will be no snags with the signing of Matt Orford, despite the threat of legal action from one-time target Chris Walker. Scrum half Orford has filled Bradford’s final overseas quota spot for 2010, meaning there
A “slight decrease” in recycling figures has seen Bradford tumble down a poll of the greenest cities in the country. The survey studies the environmental impact of the largest 20 cities, and Bradford was ranked 16th this year, despite it performing third
