Non-league footballer Andy Lee proved his talent in a different sport as he was crowned the inaugural Yorkshire Matchplay individual golf champion. The former Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue player, who is a member at Northcliffe, won the new
The conclusion to the Bradford Union competitive season saw one expected and one unexpected name claim the remaining two individual titles. It was no surprise that Bradford Open winner James Firth clinched the Karl Curran Memorial Trophy. But the shock
Derby County reserves 1, City reserves 0 A youthful City reserves side fell to a narrow but creditable totesport.com League Central Division defeat against Derby at Belper Town’s Christchurch Meadow ground. With eight apprentices on show, Junior Lewis
Bradford Bulls will hit the road this weekend in a bid to push the pledge. With ten days to go until the deadline for their bold Pledge 10,000 initiative, the club remain confident of reaching their target, with 7,300 fans now signed up.
Former Yorkshire batsman Chris Taylor believes Andrew Gale would not be found wanting if he was thrown into the heat of an Ashes battle this winter. The White Rose captain will have half an eye on tomorrow afternoon's squad announcement, although he
Richard Rogers (7), of The Manor, and Paul Priestley (5), from Northcliffe, won the Bradford & District Union of Golf Clubs’ Alliance with 45 points. Second were Northcliffe’s Paul Metcalfe (12) and John Holdsworth (6) on 44. Simon Jowett (Branshaw)
Willow Valley Golf Club from Brighouse are stacking up the achievements, including making it to the final of the Daily Mail Foursomes. Meanwhile, their ladies have possibly helped Willow Valley to become the first club to successfully defended their
Qualifier Kyle Brassington from Ilkley was beaten 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4 by fellow Briton Marcus Willis this week in the first round of the $10,000 AEGON GB Pro Series tennis event at the North Wales Regional Tennis Centre in Wrexham. In last week’s AEGON
Three players from Bradford Grammar School, four from Prince Henry’s Grammar at Otley and two from Woodhouse Grove are in the Yorkshire Under-18 rugby union squad for their Northern Division opener against Northumberland on Sunday at Morpeth RFC (2.30
Bingley Bees Men, who start their Yorkshire Division Six North Hockey League programme on Saturday at home to Harrogate Fourths, played their final warm-up game against Rotherham Fourths. Fielding a forward line of five under-16s and playing
Horsforth’s Howard Roberts made a remarkable return to competition in a Venice 10k road race. The former British Masters Marathon champion, who had not raced seriously for nearly four years due to severe injuries, took advantage of a flat, fast course
City of Bradford Swimming Club member Chris Brown came home with four golds from the British Gas ASA North East Region Masters Championship at Freeman’s Quay, Durham. British record-holder Brown’s successes came in his preferred backstroke events at
The entry forms for the various competitions in the Bradford district have now been sent out to all clubs. These include the Hey’s Trophy Team Snooker and Moorhouse Shield Team Billiards competitions, as well as the Bradford Snooker Championship
City of Bradford Swimming Club member Sian Morgan is on the way to the Commonwealth Games, despite all the problems that surfaced this week about collapsing structures and poor accommodation in India. The 16-year-old, who is the youngest swimmer in the
A colony of ‘water bats’ is holding up gas pipe work on Otley Bridge. Northern Gas Networks was set to replace the pipe that runs under the bridge until it was told dozens of Daubenton’s bats roost underneath. So the company is now working
Having got myself conned into the staff relay team for the up and coming Bradford City Run, I’m slowly coming to terms with the fact that I’m going to have to start exercising again! Dusting off my old school trainers brought back bad memories of coming
A cricket club is counting the cost of a blaze that ripped through its pavilion. Riddlesden CC member Nassir Kamal said everyone had been left shell-shocked by the incident, early yesterday. The stone pavilion – off Grange Road, in Riddlesden
Bradford’s free shuttle bus service could be axed and Cleckheaton bus station may have to close amid looming cuts to public transport spending. A new dossier containing a raft of potential ‘budget savings’ is set to go before councillors at
Police seized nine cars in a blitz on uninsured drivers in Bradford. Officers used high-tech Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras during the two-day operation in Allerton Road and Fairweather Green. Several arrests were
A sponsored charity cycle ride in memory of a nurse who died unexpectedly will take place through the Yorkshire Dales. Staff from Bradford Royal Infirmary’s accident and emergency department will lead the bike ride which is being held in honour
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Qaisar Mehmood Sultan, aged 27, of Alston Close, Heaton; driving while using hand-held mobile phone, £350 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed; driving without a licence, failure to produce licence
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: construction of greenhouse and stone built potting shed, 1 Farfield Cottages, Bolton Road. Addingham: single storey rear extension to form new kitchen and sun lounge
Fire investigation officers are probing the cause of a fierce fire that ripped through industrial premises in Bradford. A single-storey steel-clad building, containing stone cutting equipment, a digger and a transit van, was destroyed in the
The potential cuts to bus services highlighted in a dossier for regional transport chiefs make for disturbing reading. Of course, with the results of the Government’s spending review just around the corner, any public body worth its salt will
One of Bradford’s biggest employers has started to move staff into a new flagship headquarters building in the city centre. Provident Financial is transferring more than 700 head office staff into the new Southgate building on Thornton Road from
25 years ago: Bradford’s Richard Dunn Sports Centre was evacuated after a £6,000 suspected arson attack. 50 years ago: New swimming baths were described as a “must” for Skipton by Councillor R Lofthouse at a meeting of the town’s Ratepayers
If there’s one thing worse than coming across dog dirt on a pavement or at a beauty spot, it’s seeing a plastic bag full of the stuff dumped on the ground, or left hanging from a tree. ‘Bag it and bin it’ is the message from Bradford Council, which this
SIR – I have never been a great fan of the Pope (being Church of England) but I have been following the Papal visit on the news and have been interested in some aspects of his messages. I have always thought that successive Popes were a wee bit ‘wishy
SIR – Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was in hospital when his successor, Sir Alec Douglas-Hume, took over in 1963. Next morning he awoke to find that his private telephone had been removed from his bedside cabinet. “Where’s my telephone gone?” he asked
SIR – I have heard they want volunteers for the Olympic stadium. I think this is disgusting when Lord Coe (pictured) and his teams can ask this of people who have to pay for their fares and housing, yet his team have been paid millions in wages. Come
SIR – Alan O’Day Scott gives us his one-sided view of Middle East history, presumably based on what was reported in the Western press (Letters, September 10). The Camp David rejection in 2000 by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of the return of 95 per
SIR – As children and teenagers return to school, college, or university, I am asking every parent to read this letter. My family and I experienced meningitis in 2003 when my son Gareth, 16, was at boarding school. Gareth called one evening saying
A mother and daughter whose lifestyle was largely funded by criminal cash have been ordered to repay £100,000. Susan Carolan, 59, and Joanne Carolan, 39, did not ask questions when a generous relative provided large sums of money, Bradford Crown Court
SIR – The Yorkshire 1st XI in the last two County Championship matches contained five players with Bradford connections – Moin Ashraf, Jonathan Bairstow, Anthony McGrath, Adil Rashid and Ajmal Shahzad. Three of them are of Asian descent and were all
SIR – An item in the T&A (September 18) regarding a ‘clampdown’ on the irresponsible use of quad bikes was good to note. Particularly during the spells of hot summer sun this year, I found the on-road antics of quad bikes somewhat irksome. They were
There’s a jam-packed season of streetdance at Bradford theatres this season. The line-up includes last year’s Britain’s Got Talent finalists Flawless (pictured), streetdance sensations Blaze, and international hip-hop ‘festival’ Breakin’ Convention
If you are looking for an interesting holiday in the UK, visit the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth in central Wales. It’s a long-established eco-centre set up to demonstrate sustainable development. It has just co-ordinated a remarkably
A man was being quizzed by murder squad detectives last night in connection with the death of his wife. Police were called late at night to reports of a serious assault at an address in Thorn Street, Girlington, Bradford. A 36-year-old
The actions of West Yorkshire firearms officers were “chaotic” and “ill-considered” when a man was shot and seriously injured in Brighouse, says a police watchdog. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that no officers had committed
James Hanson has been warned to buck his ideas up when he returns. The City striker is getting closer to a comeback from his latest hamstring injury, although it will not be against Northampton. Hanson is working hard to correct an “
A man who was told he was “not built for running” by a physiotherapist, and a product designer from Silsden, will take part in the Bradford City Run. James Wright, 35, of Duke Street, Haworth, used to run at school but stopped after developing
Shad Royston is aiming to break his trophy duck ahead of a much-anticipated winter move to the Bulls. The Halifax full back goes into Sunday’s Co-operative Championship Grand Final against Featherstone still without a major piece of silverware
A dad whose daughter suffered a broken back in a car crash is calling for more action to be taken on the road where the accident happened. Graduate Emma Chinnery, 28, of Keighley, was driving a Citroen C3 which flipped on to its roof in Halifax Road,
A Bradford house used as a den for drugs and anti-social behaviour has been closed down. The property, in St Paul’s Close, Manningham, was made the subject of a Closure Order for class A drugs under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act this week. It follows
Leeds United face their second home lunch-time kick-off of the season when they take on Cardiff City on Saturday, October 23. The Elland Road game against Millwall on August 21 kicked off at 12.30pm on police advice and the match against the Welshmen
A new bus stop sign is taking residents at a Bradford care home on a trip down memory lane. When Julian Shears who is care manager at Springmount Care home in Heaton saw residents sitting in a lean-to shelter in the memory gardens he thought they looked
Hundreds of children held a two-minute silence in a “symbolic act of unity” with the victims of the Pakistan flood disaster. They released balloons at Bradford Grammar School after hearing about the devastation in Pakistan from the organisers of the
