Bradford Park Avenue 4, FC United of Manchester 1 Striker Tom Greaves was a hat-trick hero as Bradford Park Avenue earned a significant win against rivals FC United of Manchester in front of an almost 1,000-strong crowd at Horsfall Stadium. Avenue have
England coach Steve McNamara has included four players from his old club Bradford in his initial train-on squad for the Four Nations Series in Australia and New Zealand this autumn. Bulls captain Andy Lynch and team-mates Jamie Langley, Nick Scruton
After the brilliant Yorkshire bowling performance on day one, a frustrating second day means the Tykes now face a real battle to win their vital LV= County Championship match against Nottinghamshire. This follows the Division One leaders
Katherine Wilkinson, her 16-year-old daughter Emily and friend Chloe Eshelby, 14, were highly successful during a competition holiday with their Connemara ponies in Ireland. In between riding on the beach, the Baildon trio competed at the 87th Clifden
Tim Wade hailed his Bradford side for winning the Yorkshire Inter-District title ahead of schedule – and backed them to become champions again next season. Their first county crown for four years came after beating East Riding 22-14 in a winner-takes-all
Bogey-free rounds of 66 and 68 catapulted Oakworth’s Liam O’Neill into the second stage of European Tour Qualifying School. A stunning comeback at Kent’s London Golf Club saw the Keighley member progress to the next phase in Spain in November. O’Neill
Bradford Amateur Rowing Club triumphed in the North of England Sprint Championships at Hollingworth Lake in Littleborough, Lancashire to claim a cash prize of £500. Myles Holbrough beat crews from Hull, Trafford, Mersey, Lees, Cambois and Lincoln and
All eyes will be on the foot of the Premier Division table in the Central Yorkshire League’s final weekend of the season. Batley travel to Wakefield Thornes, Altofts are at champions Wrenthorpe and Ossett host Birstall in games none of the three can
Bradford Bulls reporter Connor Murphy presents Brett Kearney with the Telegraph & Argus Player of the Year award. The 26-year-old full back or stand-off scooped the prize in his first season at the club by averaging 7.16 out of ten in the paper’s player
Yorkshire’s first-innings lead was about to be wiped out by a Nottinghamshire fightback at tea in the LV= County Championship match at Trent Bridge. At the interval on day two, the hosts – bowled out for just 59 in their first innings – had reached 196
SATURDAY LEAGUE Naylor – Pudsey A 185 (23), Clayton A 132 (7); Crossgates 207 (29), Guiseley A 112 (1); Brighouse Sports A 204 (26), Guiseley A 144 (4); Shipley Club A 199 (21), Eccleshill B 178 (9); Eccleshill A (13), Clayton A (17); Crossgates
I should really start training for real now if I want to set a decent pace. 39 days to go. Problem is ten of those days are going to be consumed by doing precisely the opposite. I have a long-booked holiday to fulfill and I suspect a pool and an all-inclusive
Alicia Ormsby, of Hanging Heaton and a member of Heckmondwike ladies team, became the first Yorkshire girl to win the prestigious BRITISH CROWN GREEN ladies junior title. The Yorkshire junior team member won the title at Owleywood Bowling Club, Cheshire
The veterans table tennis tournament circuit began with the North-East Masters in Sunderland and for Helen Shields it was a case of so near yet so far. In the ladies 50 singles event, Shields reached the final when she met Teresa Donovan from Ireland
Twenty years ago, the owner of this detached property in Bingley spent a winter obsessed by the weather and wondering if the roof of his new home would stay where it was. “When I bought the house, I already had plans for a new bathroom and kitchen, and
Renault always manages to do things just a little differently... I guess that’s why their cars are loved so much. In a world of identikit cars, Renaults tend to stand out as being a little different to say a Mazda or a Vauxhall. Take Megane. This is
Yorkshire have been bowled out for 264 during the morning session of their LV=County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire. It gave them a lead of 205 on day two at Trent Bridge, before the current league leaders reached the interval on 45 for 0.
After a few days of doing no exercise at all, my attempts at training started again yesterday (much to the annoyance of some rather angry geese) with a quick jog around Lister Park before work.
SIR – I have one good suggestion as to what to do with Tony Blair’s so-called memoirs: Build a big bonfire on November 5 out of them. Petrol and a match. Boom! Enough. R Halliday, Crag Road, Shipley
SIR – Why is it that the people (not all) who claim benefits can get free glasses, but as a person over the age of 60, with only my pension, I’m expected to pay for my frames? I think a pension is a form of benefit. N Flynn, Powell Avenue, Little Horton
SIR – I note John Hall’s response to my letter (T&A, September 2) – ‘it’s nothing to do with us, it’s all down to the Labour Government and, of course, the Tories, because nothing bad appeared in the Lib-Dem manifesto.’ The Labour Government propped
SIR – Like the majority of the people of Ilkley, I was appalled at the decision to allow the building of a new Tesco superstore, because not only will it make a ‘ghost town’, by the closure of many of our small shops in the town centre, but it
SIR – On Sunday, August 8, the Bingley branch of the Royal British Legion had a stall at the Bingley Show in order to raise money for the organisation and promote the good work undertaken by the Legion. The support was encouraging, with the sale of goods
SIR – The secret filming of offenders on community payback, shown on ITV1’s Tonight, claimed to expose the truth about community sentences. However, the facts are that community payback, like the work carried out in Haworth, pictured above, is the most
SIR – On reflecting about the recent EDL rally in Bradford, I am of the opinion that they succeeded in their objective, They had terrific publicity before they came, and if anyone in Bradford had never heard of them before, they will now. I do not believe
SIR – Ms Mubarik Iqbal says it’s great news that Iran has completed its nuclear power plant and would be even better if they could have nuclear power as soon as possible (T&A, August 26). So that its leader could carry out his threat to blast Israel
Girl Guides who sponsored the training of a guide dog raised £1,311 during a visit by its new owner. About 250 people and 18 puppies and working guide dogs attended an open afternoon organised by the 1st Burley and Wharfedale Guides as part of Burley-in-Wharfedale
Bradford Council is rolling out dimming devices on all new street lighting in the district to cut energy costs and slash its carbon dioxide emissions. The technology has been piloted in parts of Odsal, Idle, East Bowling and Thornton following
A baby’s death has led to a review of hospital guidelines about mums and their newborns sharing beds. A revised ‘no co-sleeping’ policy for mums and babies has now been drawn up since five-day-old Amber Archer was discovered not breathing in
Law firm Gordons has defied the downturn which has hit the legal sector and unveiled strong financial results for the year ended April 2010. The Bradford and Leeds firm’s managing partner Paul Ayre said the achievement put Gordons in a strong position
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Desmond Watters, aged 51, of Leeds Road, Thornbury; theft, detention in courthouse until court rises. Amelmic Limited, of Manorley Lane, Woodside; using a vehicle exceeding maximum permitted
Animation characters have been produced by police to urge residents to keep their homes locked and well-lit to prevent burglaries. Officers were out in Fagley, Bradford, yesterday for the start of the campaign to highlight the consequences of not following
English Heritage is in talks with planners after raising concerns over the proposed demolition of Grade Two listed school buildings. Bradford Council’s Building Schools for the Future team has applied to pull down and replace the protected buildings
Battle lines have been drawn in a new fight over plans to reopen a controversial quarry as a dumping ground for millions of tonnes of waste. Campaigners spent more than a decade successfully fighting a legal battle against quarrying company
More than 30 years ago, a large detached house, covered in ivy at the front, with lawns, gardens and a tennis court at the back, stood out near the junction of Oak Lane and Oak Avenue. It looked like a Hollywood mock-up of an old mansion off Sunset Boulevard
There’s a generation game going at a specialist Bradford firm where recession is a foreign word. Bradford Tool Group is celebrating its 40th anniversary with strong international order books and a third generation of people in place to pick up the baton
Turning to the internet to sell her wares has worked wonders for businesswoman Corrine Hill. Since abandoning the high street and selling through cyberspace, Corrine, who has run Choice Baskets from her Skipton home since 2004, has increased turnover
Farsley lost second place in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division last night but they could regain it tonight if they get a win at Hall Road Rangers. Neil Parsley’s men are looking to bounce back from a surprise away draw at the weekend
When David Airey’s family moved from Otley to their hilltop sheep farm above Sutton-in-Craven in 1963, he used to pass ten farms on his way to school. Now, there are four left in the area, including two where the farmers are nearing retirement and are
Detectives are hunting a robber dressed in motorcycle gear who escaped with cash from the post office in Mill Hey, Haworth. A woman working in the post office at the time was left shaken but otherwise unhurt by the raid which occurred at about 10.25am
A succession of proposed regeneration schemes were abandoned during the recession, with sites left dormant as developers took a cautious approach amid the chill in lending from banks. Mothballed schemes in Bradford included Citygate, at the bottom of
It’s probably my own fault but I am rather confused by the proposals to deal with all our Bradford household waste over the next few years and in the decades to come. As I understand it, a long-term contract for 25 years, starting in 2015, will soon
25 years ago: A group of 30 Muslims were mounting a picket outside their Bradford mosque to stop a court official from closing it. 50 years ago: Bradford Civic Society joined the Civic Trust’s campaign against ugliness as the chairman invited
Bradford Park Avenue will be attempting to kick-start their season tonight when high-flying FC United of Manchester visit Horsfall Stadium. Avenue have had a mediocre start to their Evo-Stick Premier Division campaign but their rivals from across the
A show paying tribute to glam rockers Kiss is rolling into town this week. Tribute band Dressed To Kill claim to be the world’s longest-running Kiss tribute act, forming in 1989 after discussing the idea at a ‘Kissmas’ party. Their first show was at
For David Dinsey to volunteer to be cut free from a car at the launch of a driver safety campaign was a brave move. He did not know how he would react to the sound and feel of the vehicle as the windows were smashed and hydraulic cutting equipment sliced
Bradford’s rich heritage will be celebrated this week as many of the city’s historic buildings throw their doors open to the public. Visitors will have the chance to discover hidden treasures including the Bradford Peace Museum, the city’s
The laws against using mobile phones while driving have been with us now for long enough that few people can claim ignorance of them. But as our spot-check of just one busy junction in central Bradford shows, motorists are still failing to
Europe’s largest public science event is returning to Bradford for the first time in more than a century. The British Science Festival will be hosted by the University of Bradford in September, 2011. Organised annually by the British
Road safety experts have reacted with alarm after an average of one driver every four minutes was spotted using a mobile phone at one of Bradford city centre’s busiest junctions. The Telegraph & Argus photographed 15 motorists on hand-held
A gang of masked robbers wielding iron bars threatened female staff in a terrifying daylight raid at a Saltaire estate agent. The armed raiders, wearing balaclava masks and hooded tops, burst into Village Estates in Daisy Place, off Saltaire
City could have a new striker in to face Stockport at the weekend. Peter Taylor confirmed he had a target in mind now that the emergency loan market is open again for clubs below the top flight. With hamstring victim James Hanson stuck
A school employee accused of sexually assaulting a girl pupil re-arranged her hair, a jury heard. A classmate told police, in a video interview played to Bradford Crown Court yesterday, that her friend had her hair in a plait, but Rajnikant
Olivier Elima is ready to spearhead a Bulls revival in 2011 after completing his much-anticipated switch from Catalans Dragons. The France captain today became the fifth new arrival in a hectic fortnight after putting pen to paper on a two-year
Bradford’s RSPCA centre is “overwhelmed” with cats and is urging people to get their pets neutered to reduce the problem of animals that are unwanted or cannot be cared for. The centre, in Mount Street, is now looking after 129 cats and kittens and is
Although Richard Naylor cites winning promotion to the Premiership with Ipswich Town as one of the highlights of his career, he is not expecting to repeat the experience this season with Leeds. There is no doubt that the 33-year-old United
Election watchdogs have revealed how the now-notorious ‘Bradford Fraud’ of 2005 led to better checks and balances being introduced to prevent abuse of the postal voting system. The Electoral Commission said major changes had been introduced
