Brighouse Town 4, Rochdale Town 1 Brighouse Town had an excellent victory in their final pre-season friendly as they put four goals past visiting Rochdale Town. The only strike of the first half saw the hosts taking a 1-0 lead through Nathan Cartman
Liversedge 1, Bay Athletic 4 Liversedge suffered a 4-1 defeat at home to West Riding County Amateur League side Bay Athletic. New Sedge manager Stuart Waddington has limited time to settle on a starting line-up for Saturday’s Northern Counties East
City completed their pre-season schedule with a 4-0 win against neighbours Bradford Park Avenue. In the first game on Valley Parade's newly-laid pitch, Avenue caused a few early shocks when Tom Greaves twice went close to opening the scoring. Having
Yorkshire will have to pull a rabbit out of the hat to avoid defeat against LV= County Championship title rivals Nottinghamshire at Headingley this week. The Tykes slumped to 178 all out inside 59 overs as the visitors bowled superbly after being asked
A new boxing centre is alive and punching in Queensbury. A year after opening the Legends Gym at Black Dyke Mills, owner Karen Holland this week unveiled their new larger premises complete with ring and full facilities. Sessions will be held three times
Running Log Colin Walker headed 277 other entrants to win a hard-fought sixth Idle Trail Race. The Pudsey & Bramley runner eventually came home in a convincing 36min 04sec, with Karen Pickles of Pudsey Pacers an impressive female victor in 39:34. The
I used to love that soft drink with, “the totally tropical taste”. Then I grew up, my palate changed and the syrupy-sweet, pineapple and grapefruit flavoured, fizzy-pop lost its appeal. Besides, someone told me that the drink in question wasn’t
Yorkshire have been bowled out for 178 by Nottinghamshire on the opening day of their LV= County Championship match at Headingley. Ryan Sidebottom, Paul Franks, Andre Adams and Samit Patel all took two wickets for the men from Trent Bridge, while Jonny
Mewies Solicitors Craven & District League Division One leaders Bradley were in majestic form at Embsay, winning by ten wickets. The Shires Laners were restricted to 150-9, No 10 Scott Robinson top-scoring with 27no as Nick Williamson took 4-33 off
The Mewies Solicitors Craven and District League resurrected the Manorlands Plate game after being approached earlier in the year for a friendly against the 3D Sports Southport and District Amateur League. Rain arrived at Cowling about 1pm
Hallfield became the 40th club to secure the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League's Sir James Roberts Cup on Sunday when they held their nerve to defeat Heaton in a thrilling final at Cross Roads-Daisy Hill’s Shay Lane ground. Having been asked to bat
Thornton clinched the Bradford & District Evening League Division One championship after their tenth win of the season at Bingley Congs. Brothers Ross (49) and Greg Soames (39) helped set a challenging total of 134-3. Neil Copping (31
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Philip Charles, 48, of Broadstone Way, Holme Wood; driving without insurance, £115 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Marc Coope, 25, of Hoyle Ing Road, Thornton; driving without insurance,
Hundreds of women are planning to take part in the Ilkley Midnight Walk to raise money for Sue Ryder Care. Organisers believe it is set to beat last year’s success, when more than £30,000 was raised for the Manorlands and Wheatfields Hospices. The
Cross Hills and Glusburn Manorlands Support Group raised £800 for the Oxenhope hospice. They organised a Yorkshire Day celebration at St Peter’s Methodist Church, in Cross Hills. Accordionist Thom Hardaker performed a mixture of classical music and traditional
Supermarket Asda has been granted permission on appeal to build new retail units alongside its Keighley store. The company applied to Bradford Council to construct two buildings, to be leased or sold to other retailers, on the former George Farrar Quarries
Yorkshire's top order has been blown away on the opening morning of their LV= County Championship match against title rivals Nottinghamshire at Headingley. Andrew Gale, who won the toss and elected to bat, has been one of five departures before lunch
Leeds Sikh’s Harcharan Seehra was a deserved man of the match in Sunday’s Dales Council League's Pool Paper Mills Cup final at Pudsey Congs. He made 83 of their 192 after they won the toss against Mount, and then took four wickets in Sikh’s victory.
Opening bowler Mike Oldfield was the star as Bolton Villas pulled off the shock result of the day in the Aire-Wharfe League, defeating runaway Division Two leaders Bilton for the first time since May 8. With Lee Margerison (46) top scoring
After defeating defending champions the Heavy Woollen Junior League in the semi-finals, the Bradford Junior League were beaten by the Huddersfield Junior League in the final of the Lord’s Taverners' Under-11 final at Spofforth on Sunday. In better weather
With Abaseen snapping at their heels, Euro Windows in the West Riding Sunday Council wouldn’t have wished to lose to Manningham – and so comprehensively too. Euro’s men must have had a brainstorm as they were all out for 60, though Manningham still
A complete overhaul of staff at a school in one of the city’s most deprived areas has made it flourish. Ofsted inspectors gave the thumbs up to the improved standards at Ryecroft Primary in Holme Wood, Bradford, following the school’s latest
Work to prevent crime and disorder will be boosted by grants offered by the West Yorkshire Police Community Trust. The trust is inviting community and voluntary groups in Bradford and across the region to apply for grants of up to £2,500 from
A peace organisation has urged Bradford’s Muslim community not to retaliate should the English Defence League (EDL) march in the city. Dr Mohammed Iqbal, president of the Bradford branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, has backed the Telegraph
Teenagers who have dedicated their time to improve their oratory skills have had their abilities judged by Lord Nazir Ahmed. The first Muslim life peer was invited to a debating contest in Bradford City Hall, organised by Carlton Bolling College
Sculptor Jamie Wardley, who built a 120-tonne sand sculpture of Charles Darwin in Bradford last year, is steaming back to pre-war summer holidays for his latest creation. Mr Wardley, a former Buttershaw School pupil, who creates sand and ice
The Belgian armed forces want to trace relatives of a Bradford airman killed when his aircraft crashed into the sea on its way back from a bombing mission in Germany. Sergeant Richard Kellett Hayes, a wireless operator-air gunner with the RAF in the
Bradford organisations are rallying round to send aid to flood-stricken Pakistan. The city’s Human Relief Foundation has started its own aid appeal while the Council for Mosques is holding an emergency meeting today to decide a plan of action. Bradford
Schoolgirl Millie Griffiths is about to ‘push off’ for a fundraising adventure through the Outer Hebrides. This summer the Calverley 12-year-old will cycle across six islands in six days in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. The Benton Park pupil, whose
Regional security group Select has signed a kit sponsorship deal with the Silsden Under-15s A team. The squad, now preparing for a new campaign in the first division of the Craven Junior Football League, were runners-up last season. Shipley-based Select
Skipton-born Lucy Quinton has a way with figures – and she has an award to prove it. The former Skipton Girls’ High School pupil achieved the top mark worldwide in her advanced audit exam, run by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. “
Electronics firm Filtronic is hoping its planned acquisition of telecommunications supplier Isotek and a revival in demand next year will renew its fortunes after a loss-making year in 2009. The company, which transferred manufacturing from Shipley to
Two new business surveys confirm that manufacturing firms are leading the way out of recession. According to the Confederation of British Industry, stronger demand and companies rebuilding stocks of goods helped boost production among the region’s smaller
Thousands of people who live or work in Bradford are set to be asked for their views on what can be done to reinvigorate the city centre. Reinvestment Bradford, a social enterprise that is being set up to promote the sustainable regeneration of the city
25 years ago: The Burton Group was set to open three new fashion stores in Bradford’s Darley Street, creating at least 50 jobs. 50 years ago: It was announced that Bradford may get its first post-war blocks of private enterprise rented flats
It is only fair to acknowledge police efforts to tackle the numbers of uninsured drivers on our roads. But despite making significant progress, it is also fair to say that it is still an issue which causes huge public concern. That is
A female reveller plucked to safety from a potentially sinister ride home, and a Polish worker found wandering the city streets after losing his job and accommodation, are just two of the people recently helped by Bradford’s army of Street Angels
He ain’t heavy – he’s her grandad! Eddie Bennett and his granddaughter Gabby have a bond that is strengthened by their shared hobby. At 72, Eddie is one of the country’s oldest competitive powerlifters, and he’s now passing on his skills
It was just a home-made bridesmaid dress, but I’ve never forgotten the heartache it caused. I was seven years old, looking forward to my first Christmas party at primary school. My mum, who was at work, had arranged for a neighbour to take me home
Fairies and fun, royalty and romance, magic and misunderstandings are all in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged especially for children by Shakespeare 4 Kidz. The company’s musical adaptation of the Bard’s comedy – about a duke, his Amazonian queen, eloping
SIR – As a native recently returned, I am delighted to witness not one new park in Forster Square, but a second under way in the city centre. Credit should be given to the new construction in Hall Ings which I, at first, thought to be the start of a
SIR – The weekend of July 24 and 25 was Greyhound Remembrance Weekend when events were held across the UK in memory of the many greyhounds that have suffered and been put to death in the 84 years since commercial greyhound racing began in this country
SIR – The T&A supports the calls for a proposed EDL demonstration in Bradford to be banned. I am not a member of the EDL, and think that the demonstration would be a mistake, but I deplore your employment of the term “race hate protest” (T&A, July 27
A Keighley woman who said she felt “helpless” when her friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, is taking part in a series of challenges to raise money for a charity which funds research into the disease. Job Centre Plus worker Clair Gunning
SIR – Now the taxpayer is having to bail out Equitable Life policyholders (where does it all end?), apparently for failed regulation. Can we expect the fat cat regulators at the FSA to send back their bonuses and salary increases they were so shamefully
SIR – I read with horror your account of the injuries Isaac Brown sustained while holidaying in Cyprus (T&A, July 22). You reported that his mother now has to find £6,000 to pay for his hospital treatment there. I understood that we had reciprocal arrangements
SIR – Recently Sheffield put in a bid to become the City of Culture, but lost out to Londonderry in Ireland. It would seem the North and Yorkshire seem to get by-passed by those who make the decision on who should or could win the bid to be the City
SIR – Your letters page (T&A, July 29) was full of people telling us how necessary the cross-rail scheme is. I am neither for nor against it, but I am willing to play Devil’s Advocate and ask the awkward questions no-one else appears to want to ask.
The Valley Parade pitch will be the star attraction when City complete their pre-season programme tonight. Neighbours Bradford Park Avenue provide the opposition, although the action itself will play second fiddle to the performance of the newly-laid
An MP believes a magistrates Court should become the hub of court work in the Aire Valley instead of being scrapped. Skipton MP Julian Smith is opposing a proposal by the Ministry of Justice to close Skipton Magistrates’ Court and Skipton County
A man is being questioned by detectives after armed police surrounded a house following a report a firearm was being brandished. The 50-year-old and a man of 22, understood to be his son, were arrested at a house in the Oval, Skipton, shortly after midnight
A bodyguard feared perished in a plane crash in a remote mountain range in Afghanistan has now been officially declared dead. Daniel Saville’s remains have been found by Afghan searchers and have been flown back to the UK. An inquest
A Bradford University student whose throat was slashed during a robbery was tied to a bed by a power cable round his neck, a murder trial jury was told. Tony Ho, 19, was attacked in the hall of his student accommodation and found dead in his
A partial closure of the Leeds-Liverpool canal could last several weeks, after being hit by some of the worst drought conditions for 100 years. A spokesman for British Waterways says “very heavy sustained rain for a long period”, was needed
Andy Lynch admits the Bulls must learn to handle their frustration better. Another anxious, edgy performance ended in defeat to Catalans Dragons on Sunday and Lynch was left to rue a major missed opportunity. The Bradford skipper was disappointed several
Leeds United are hoping to sign another striker before Saturday’s season opener against Derby County. With Max Gradel and Davide Somma suspended and Billy Paynter and Robert Snodgrass on crutches with pre-season injuries, manager Simon Grayson is short
An illegal motorist has been brought to book for speeding, skidding and crashing in a city centre street. David O’Reilly, 24, of Upper Grange Avenue, Allerton, Bradford, is now serving 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of
A Bradford promoter has urged music lovers in the city to help support one of its newest venues – the Bradford Playhouse. The theatre has spread its wings to try to broaden its appeal, including holding monthly gigs. Promoter Ben Holden
