Bradford Park Avenue scraped a victory at the weekend and manager Simon Collins says he will accept the same from tomorrow night’s trip to Hucknall Town. Avenue dominated the first half of Saturday’s clash with struggling Nantwich Town but
A couple who ran a Polish shop together in Bradford have been accused of evading almost £30,000 of duty on large quantities of cigarettes and tobacco. Arif Abdullah, 42, and Sylvia Spiker, 33, are also alleged to have concealed £53,000 of criminal cash
A builder threatened to kill his former partner and members of her family in a row over access to the couple’s six-year-old twin boys, a court was told today. Magistrates at Harrogate heard Andrew Thornber left Sharon Sanderson terrified by telling her
Irresponsible dog-owners letting their pets foul Bradford’s streets, parks and footpaths are being targeted in a new campaign which started today. The Council has joined forces with charity Keep Britain Tidy in its nationwide campaign to encourage people
An 11-year-old boy was forced to take a cold shower on his birthday and then turned naked into the street, a court heard. The youngster told a jury he suffered a catalogue of bullying and humiliation at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend.
A woman was airlifted to hospital today following the second crash in as many days at an accident blackspot. The woman is understood to have suffered serious injuries in the head-on crash, which happened on the A629 Halifax Road, near Cullingworth
Cleckheaton 21, Driffield 6 The first 38 minutes of this North One East contest was totally uneventful as both sides were apparently incapable of stringing together any coherent passages of play. Suddenly, just as the first half was
Three members of Bradford-based Yorkshire Race Walking Club struck gold at the Yorkshire 3,000 metres Track Walking Championships at Cleckheaton. Heaton’s Geoff Dowling took the over-75 age group title, Russ Jackson of Lincoln was successful in the over
Matt Williams, of leading seed house Barenbrug UK, is guest speaker at the West Yorkshire-Leeds branch of the Institute of Groundsmanship’s first winter meeting on Wednesday, October 13 at Cleckheaton Sports Club (7.30). There is also the national quiz
Horsforth’s Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee finished their season on a high, crossing the line together at the GE Parc Bryn Bach Triathlon in 58min 12sec. Jonathan was first out of the lake and, along with brother Alistair and third-placed Stuart Hayes
Four members of Bradford Amateur Rowing Club have proved themselves to be marathon girls. Louise Bromley, Cerys Jones and Nicola Oldroyd, all 16, and 17-year-old Kirsty Brown won the women’s junior 18 quad category at the Lincoln to Boston Rowing Marathon
Quest Taekwondo held their quarterly belt promotion test in Cottingley, Bingley. A total of 20 candidates from Silsden, Keighley, Bingley, Cottingley, Bradford, Calverley and Baildon took part in the test that was conducted by Mike McKenzie, a black
Defending Premier Division champions West Bowling ended promoted Westwood Park’s unbeaten start to the BRADFORD SUNDAY ALLIANCE LEAGUE season but only after a struggle. Nicky Boshell nudged Bowling in front on 15 minutes but the hosts had
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale has pointed to a hangover from the Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final defeat against Warwickshire as one of the reasons why they lost their LV= County Championship decider against Kent last week. Had Yorkshire beaten
Albion Sports’ run of seven consecutive West Riding County Amateur League wins was brought to an end as Kirkburton returned home with a deserved PREMIER DIVISION point after a 1-1 draw. Pavandip Singh gave Albion a first-half advantage but the visitors
There were goals galore in the preliminary and first rounds of the Bradford & District FA Saturday Cup. Salts topped the scoring chart with a 14-0 demolition of Queensbury Ring o’ Bells, with Wayne Walsh netting five times. Old Headingley ran up a 9
Just two games were played in the Spen Valley League at the weekend due to a District Cup date. The only Premier Division fixture ended in a goalless draw between Bradford and Ravensthorpe Rangers, who were playing their first match after celebrating
Bikers will still have to dismount on a bridge after councillors refused to rubber stamp an order allowing cycling over it. Bradford Council officers recommended lifting a cycling ban on the footbridge that links Roberts Park and Victoria Road
A life-saving project has been shortlisted for a prestigious award for helping South Asian people living in Bradford get urgent help if they are having a heart attack. Members of the community development team with NHS Bradford and Airedale produced
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Stuart Elliot, aged 26, of Poplar Grove, Wibsey; failure to stop at a red traffic light, £30 fine, £100 costs, banned from driving for six months. Jordon Leonard, aged 18, of Little Horton
Real ale enthusiasts flocked to Saltaire Brewery last night for the opening of a beer festival being held as part of this year’s Saltaire Festival. About 40 beers, ciders and perries are available for tasting at the event at the brewery in Dockfield
A summer-long operation to clamp down on the anti-social use of motorbikes and quads has led to seven machines seized, 40 warning notices and a reduction in calls to the police. Bradford officers said Operation Strass ran throughout the summer, when
A film designed to show older people in Otley ‘another side’ of youth has been praised by the area’s police inspector. Otley Young Citizens’ Panel, made up of Prince Henry’s Grammar School students, has produced the film to address concerns
A teenager who freed himself from handcuffs and a seatbelt to attack an officer has been spared custody. A judge told Najmul Hoque, 18, he was very lucky not to be going behind bars for assaulting Sergeant Mark Milner and escaping. Hoque, of Calderdale
A naked nurse was grabbed by the hair and slapped when burglars invaded her home by mistake. Bradford Crown Court heard the four men had intended to raid an unoccupied property being used as a cannabis factory, but went to the house next door. The occupier
A former soldier is using pedal power to help other former servicemen and women. Mark Riley, 52, will ride from Bradford to the Lake District and back in 24 hours to raise money for the Royal British Legion. Mr Riley, who served in the
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Keighley: part two and part single storey rear extension, 16c Manor Road. Keighley: enlargement of existing outdoor play area and construction of two external canopies, Cavendish
Plans for a major housing development on former green belt land in Menston have been submitted to Bradford Council. A planning application by Barratt Homes has been validated and the proposals for 174 homes on Derry Hill should be available for public
A Saltaire-based telemarketing and IT company aims to extend its African adventure as it opens new offices in Mozambique, Senegal, Angola, Madagascar and Mauritania. Europlus Direct, part of the TEMA Group, will provide IBM spare parts for local IBM
Bradford-based Approach PR has been shortlisted for a hat-trick of industry awards. For the fifth consecutive year the consultancy, which this summer expanded to a team of six PR professionals, is in the running for the Chartered Institute of Public
He dances, and dances … and dances. A man dubbed the Shipley Dancing Dude for his Michael Jackson-style moves has become a local celebrity and an internet sensation – in just a week. The dancer has been regularly seen pulling impressive
SIR – To whom it may concern. As readers, you must be made aware that stockbrokers, merchant bankers, CEOs of leading banks et al in the City of London finance warehouses are lobbying furiously those Liberal members of the coalition Government to try
SIR – MP Gerry Sutcliffe’s comments (T&A, September 9), “Can we look at the legislation again to see whether we can stop even the static demonstrations...”, are ludicrous. Is he implying that the people from Bradford are not civilised enough to deal
SIR – We all know that when the Government implements cutbacks, the people most affected are the working populace, while those in high places (like MPs) escape. Isn’t it time that those organisations having to make cuts ensure that MPs also suffer?
SIR – Well done Messrs Rhodes and Lorriman (Letters, September 14). It’s not before time that we started having a little bit of humour on the page. We all need a bit of cheering up now and again in these trying times. So come on correspondents, let’s
SIR – It is reported the Government is considering reducing the armed forces to save money. It is also stated by Dr Liam Fox (Defence Secretary, pictured) that such cuts “will ensure our armed forces can deal with challenges now and in the future”. Is
SIR – Arthur Waterhouse accuses me of presenting a biased view of the situation in the Middle East (Letters, September 14) and yet cites no facts to back up his claim. Mr Waterhouse then asserts that John Pilger presents a more balanced view, arguing
Anyone would be rightly sickened by the crimes of Michelle Cooper and Mark Boyd Smith, who callously bled dry the accounts of their vulnerable 81-year-old neighbour Jean Beaumont. In a cold, calculated and wholly malicious manner, the pair
Last night just wasn’t the same. When I turned on the TV, it wasn’t there. Sunday night has always been Heartbeat night, when Yorkshire landscapes I know and love are beamed into the living room. Whitby, the North York Moors, the steam railway – things
SIR – With regard to a cycling charity group being left with the task of raising a huge amount of cash after a raid on their premises. What do you expect with no discipline at home or in schools? The eighth commandment is: “Thou shalt not steal”. Iain
SIR – Allowing a badger cull in England is an absurd victory for prejudice over proper research. The Government’s own Independent Scientific Group On Cattle TB concluded that killing badgers would not significantly reduce bovine TB, and could make matters
SIR – Regarding our economic crisis, I would like to add a new phrase to the debate: the whirlpool concept. I’ve arrived at this because when the public service sector is paid from the public purse, also when private firms are employed to do work on
There may be little worthwhile on television, but soon you’ll be able to watch it at home in 3D – without the funny glasses. The advent of Nintendo’s 3D TV sets this autumn is one of the topics up for discussion at the UK’s first all-purpose
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet has been lifted out of its Russian mythological context. David Nixon’s adaptation that comes to the Alhambra on September 29 for a week, is set in 20th-century New England, in the luxurious lakeside home of troubled Anthony
SIR – It is scandalous that workers at the BBC are considering strike action over pension reviews. This lot are on inflated pay and pensions, paid for by mugs like thee and me who pay the scandalously high licence fees. What do we get for our money?
SIR – There’s still time for readers to get brewing and baking for Time 4 Tea, a fundraising initiative I’m supporting to help raise funds for Meningitis UK. People can organise whatever tea-themed event takes their fancy, from tea dances to teddy bears
SIR – Is it the TUC in Manchester this week, or a re-run of Jurassic Park as the union ‘dinosaurs’ roar back into action? It’s easy for them to incite workers to man the barricades as it were, from the comfort zone of their six-figure salaries, plush
SIR – The Government is setting everyone up for cuts saying there is a lack of funds. I have no problem with this but certainly have problems with the depth of cuts, and who will take the brunt of them. The rich look to be getting off scot-free. If
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Drug addicts were not getting treatment because there was almost a two-month wait for an appointment in Bradford. 50 years ago: Cuts in the rail service through Otley were deplored at a meeting of Otley Urban District Council
Anyone who has committed a crime in their past deserves a chance to put it behind them. That is the nature of our justice system which aims to rehabilitate criminals as well as punishing them. So the revelations that more than 30 hackney carriage
This week’s Battle of Britain anniversary events brought back poignant memories for reader Barbara Hudson. Barbara, from Little Horton, Bradford, sent in precious photographs of her late father, Leslie Dobson, with the army pals he served with on the
10 Reasons Not To Fall In Love by Linda Green (Headline, £6.99) I can think of a lot more than ten reasons not to fall in love, and some of them are included in the list put forward by author Linda Green in her new novel. “Couldn’t
Tesco’s slogan is “every little helps”… but planning officials are investigating complaints that the supermarket has helped itself to a bit of extra height while building its new store in Queensbury. According to residents in the village, the Brighouse
Salt’s Singers (pictured), who meet on Fridays, 7.30pm to 9pm at the Yamaha Music School, Saltaire, are looking for new members. The choir is offering the chance to learn to sing, with the emphasis on fun. New singers don’t need to read music or even
The Grigson family are able to buy the first TV in the street and it has them all-a-dither. But why does the novelty soon wear off, and what are the strange images that leave them wary of turning it on? “JB Priestley said Bradford audiences
It is a truth universally acknowledged, to borrow a phrase from a certain well-known lady of letters, that the British like nothing more than stepping back through the pages of history. And when those pages happen to be those of great English literature
In spite of all that’s been written and said about the horrors of the Industrial Revolution, Bradford and Manchester in the mid-19th century must have been exciting places. The two towns dominated the textile trade in the North. Bradford was famous principally
City’s last-gasp hero Steve Williams today thanked Peter Taylor for giving him a “kick up the backside”. The big centre half nodded the only goal against Gillingham deep into stoppage time, earning Taylor’s troops their first win in a month
Cab bosses have reacted with concern after it was revealed 32 licensed drivers in the district have serious criminal convictions for violence – including one of rape. A freedom of information request, made by a member of the public to Bradford
Andy Lynch insists the Bulls’ lack of a big-name recruit should not provide cause for concern. Eight players have arrived at Odsal in the past month, as part of an overhaul of the first-team squad overseen by incoming coach Mick Potter.
Winning a nationwide competition earlier this year has plunged a 26-year-old businessman into the glamorous world of modelling and fashion – and could provide the launch-pad for a singing career. Now Michael Etherington is swapping the world
Railway heritage bosses have launched an appeal to raise cash to repair two bridges. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway needs £250,000 to pay for work on bridges 17 and 18 which carry the line between Keighley and Haworth. The major financial project
Racist yobs who have terrorised a neighbourhood for two years may be shut out of a Shipley alleyway under a £5,000 Council scheme. Fed-up residents of Livingstone Close, Wrose, have had to endure abuse from gangs of up to 40 youths roaming the streets
Bradford City 1 Gillingham 0 It has been the ghost shirt rarely seen at Valley Parade. The number 11 has started only 53 league games in over five years. Chris Brandon, Alex Rhodes and Owen Morrison all struggled to make more than fleeting appearances
One of the first local radio stations in the country began in Bradford 35 years ago – an anniversary which was celebrated with a reunion on Saturday. Former producers and presenters at Pennine Radio 235, which was launched from the basement of a wool
A struggling animal charity is making a desperate plea for help amid fears it may not make it through the winter. Roleystone Horse Sanctuary, in Wrose, Shipley, is having to turn horses away because it cannot afford to look after them and does not have
A man is demanding answers from social housing bosses who chopped down two of five cherry trees near his home. Ian Swales believes if he had not stepped in to question the felling in Keighley Road, Denholme, on Monday, the row of five cherry trees would
