Artist Rebecca Strain has completed a challenge to create 100 artworks in ten days, as part of her residency at a Pop Up arts space in Centenary Square, Bradford. Rebecca was working on the project leading up to the opening of her exhibition
The week just gets better and better for Rawdon’s Anna Blyth at the National Track Championships in Manchester. Blyth struck gold in the 60-lap women’s scratch race tonight (day four) to add to her bronze in the points race on day two and fourth
A Bradford couple have been convicted today by a jury of cruelty to an 11-year-old boy. The pair, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, will return to Bradford Crown Court on October 13 for sentencing. Both were granted bail. During
Keighley Cougar Cubs lead the way in the latest Bradford and Keighley Service Area under-18 squad. The group, which will travel to today’s regional carnival at West Park Leeds RUFC, contains 13 representatives from the Cubs, with five drawn from Bradford
Yorkshire lost by 46 runs to Berkshire in the final of the ECB Women’s Twenty20 Cup at Bishop Stortford Cricket Club. Katherine Brunt was the star of Yorkshire’s semi-final victory over Sussex but Berkshire posted an imposing 173-6 in the final
Despite suffering a rotator cuff injury in May, which put her out of several high-grade tournaments, Heaton Tennis Club’s Serena Nash still put together an impressive season. The Immanuel College pupil won under-12 singles titles at Ilkley
Otley’s Lizzie Armitstead has been selected to race for Great Britain in the European Championships in Pruszkow, Poland from November 5 to 7. Britain have named a 15-strong squad for the newly upgraded Championships – which was formerly an under-23
Former Yorkshire player Ashley Metcalfe reckons the best advice he ever received came from his most famous opening partner. The Undercliffe batsman, who was a guest speaker at the Bradford Junior League’s prize-presentation at Cleckheaton Sports
Training has been a piece of cake, really. No, actually that's not true at all. It's been lots of pieces of cake at the end of three-course meals, drinks on tap and sun loungers. The burden of an all-inclusive holiday proved fatal for the start of my
Yorkshire have backed plans to reduce the number of domestic Twenty20 group matches next season from 16 down to ten. The ECB are likely to announce on Wednesday that they will return to the model used in the 2009 campaign. Martyn Moxon was one of
Avenue are looking for between 20 and 30 apprentices after joining a new Government-backed initiative which allows them to take on youngsters from their local community. The apprentices will learn and play football on a part-time basis. The club have
West Bowling and Bolton Woods will be confident of extending the only remaining 100 per cent Premier Division records in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League this weekend. Defending champions Bowling host a Queensbury side who have picked up just three
Assistant boss Graham Clifford is backing the Thackley squad to challenge for promotion to the Evo-Stik League once again this season. Clifford believes a return to local personnel has enabled the Dennyboys to make a flying start to the season. He said
Running Log The KIRKSTALL 7 saw new records set as the starting loop in the grounds of Kirkstall Abbey was cut from the course to bring the distance closer to seven miles. The new record-holders – Tim Midgeley (Bingley) and Karen Best (Otley) – led
FA Cup weekend will pass Farsley by and the man in the dugout will feel the emptiness in the pit of his stomach. Farsley boss Neil Parsley has loved the cut and thrust of the world’s oldest and most renowned club competition since his own playing days
I still don’t know what to make of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s bizarre reluctance to pot his latest 147 maximum. With only the black left to sink, the ‘Rocket’ decided enough was enough and he shook hands with opponent Mark King. The referee
Over to you then, International Cricket Council. Now that Pakistan have thankfully left the building, it’s down to cricket’s governors to show their teeth. The ICC promised to take “swift and decisive action” on the first allegations of spot-fixing
Penny for the thoughts, Roberto Mancini. And yours, Harry Redknapp. But most of all – how’s it hanging, Roy Hodgson? The hindrance of the Carling Cup will no longer be cluttering up their fixture schedules. And some will shrug their shoulders at losing
SIR – It will be interesting to see whether D S Boyes reserves as much bile for the political parties as they enter conference season as he does for trades unions (T&A, September 17 and 20). It says something that in the 21st century almost 30 per cent
SIR – It now makes sense why the Government is closing courts in many of our towns and cities when figures show they have failed to collect £600 million in fines, compensation and fixed penalties (T&A, September 17). Apparently the police, judges and
There will be many people alive today who owe that fact to members of our emergency services. But it is not just the frontline staff – the police officers, firefighters and medics – who do such important work on a day-to-day basis. There
SIR – There has been a lot of coverage lately regarding sections of the indigenous population sitting back and letting others do the work. It’s not until you analyse the facts that it becomes obvious that to many it is their only form of protest. The
SIR – It was reported in the T&A (September 17) that Councillor Ian Greenwood, the Labour leader, had told Conservative members to “grow up” and “stop behaving like spoilt brats”. This was in connection with a recent council corporate scrutiny committee
SIR – So now we know what more and more of the law-abiding citizens of this country have been saying for a long time now: crime does pay. What is the point of the police catching the criminals? What is the point of the courts going through the charade
SIR – Our shiny new coalition Government, via Lord Young, claims to be dismantling the unnecessary ’elf ’n’ safety’ culture, but they’re starting in the wrong place. All the H&S madness starts when any public or private organisation’s insurers insist
This week I have been thinking and talking about pensions, mostly. I know what you’re thinking, that chap looks far too young to be worrying about his retirement. And yes, you’d be right. But it always pays to be prepared. Exactly why I’ve been thinking
25 years ago: Bradford mail order company Grattan broke a deadlocked pay dispute by balloting 2,500 workers. The Electoral Reform Society was called in to organise a postal vote. 50 years ago: Bradford Corporation’s Finance Committee turned
was brought up with just my mum, and she fell ill with Alzheimer’s in 2004. I was in my mid-20s and living in London. My mum was my best friend. There was no question what I wanted to do.” Laura Dixon left London and moved to Bingley to live with her
A cool-headed fire service control room operator has been praised for helping to keep a father and son alive after they were trapped by a blaze at their Bradford home. The pair had to be rescued by firefighters from an upstairs bedroom window
A dad is pleading for the return of his autistic son’s stolen camera. All of the pair’s treasured photos taken on a four-week train trip round Scotland were on the memory card in the Kodak digital camera. Ian Robinson said he and his son James, 22,
Help is being sought to find out more about this old printing plate of Ilkley’s Parish Church. Menston resident Bryan Kitching got the plate, which shows All Saints Parish Church when it still had three Anglo-Saxon crosses in the churchyard, from his
Residents across West Yorkshire are slightly more satisfied with how police deal with anti-social behaviour than in other parts of the country. A survey of 407 people who reported the behaviour to WYP last year were questioned over their perceptions
Bradford Council has tightened up its payroll procedures to exorcise the risk of ‘ghost employees’ after auditors warned of flaws in its system. A raft of measures are now being put in place after the study of the Council’s SAP computer system
Organisers of Ilkley’s prestigious literary festival have revealed the secret behind how they get their big-name authors – sausages and cream buns. Festival director Rachel Feldberg said: “If an author is seemingly reluctant to come to Ilkley we say
Author and former police officer Michael Bunting will be at Cleckheaton Library next week to give a talk his book 'A Fair Cop'. The Dewsbury-born writer, who worked in Cleckheaton and Leeds, spent four months in prison after being convicted of assaulting
Bradford’s film heritage could spread down under, if an application for Sydney to become a UNESCO City of Film is granted. Bradford was granted the status of UNESCO’s first City of Film last year and the team is now supporting Australia’s bid for Syndey
Bradford Council has been awarded £25,000 of Government cash to help manage the risks of future floods. The Defra funds came as a share from a £2 million scheme announced earlier this year at the Local Government Flood Forum. Now the money will be
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Bingley: conversion of existing basement to one bedroom self-contained flat. Bingley: removal of existing conservatory and construction of a two-storey extension, Rhydding Grange
In keeping with tradition, bride-to-be Sally Beevers will have something old and something blue at her wedding tomorrow. Her ‘old’ is the beautiful 1967 MGB GT belonging to her father, who signed it over to her on her 30th birthday, and it’s also her
A Skipton woman who shared the role of head girl with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher because their headteacher could not choose between them has died, aged 85. Emily Madeline Hellaby was born on March 14 1925 in Sheffield, but subsequently
Bradford diners are being urged to vote for the city to be crowned the official national curry capital. The city is one of 11 UK cities vying for the prestigious title in the Curry Capital of Britain contest. Bradford last held the accolade in 2004 and
A group of influential Bradford property professionals and entrepreneurs have called for stricter policing to ‘clean-up’ the city centre and attract new development. They have also expressed pessimism about the prospects of the mothballed £380m Westfield
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Stacy Calloway, aged 24, of Duckworth Lane, Girlington; failure to comply with requirements of community order, order revoked and dealt with for the original offences of failure to surrender
Motor group JCT600 has celebrated ten years sponsoring the Bradford-to-Morecambe Historic Vehicle Run, which this year has so far raised more than £1,300 for charity. The rally took place earlier this month in support of Bradford and Airedale Cancer
Thieves have stolen hoardings that surrounded the Westfield site, which were to be recycled for use in the new Bradford Urban Garden. About 60 sheets of plywood, valued at a total of about £1,000, were taken from a yard at Peel Park Works in Undercliffe
A teenager who stabbed her former boyfriend in a fit of rage has been locked up for three-and-a-half years. Student Daniella Brook knifed Cameron Rooke in the chest and arm after their relationship ended. Mr Rooke was Brook’s first long-term
Peter Taylor wants City to go one better than Liverpool tomorrow – and beat Northampton. Taylor was in the Anfield crowd to witness their sensational Carling Cup heroics on Wednesday night. Now he hopes his own side can exploit Northampton’s shattered
A Bradford-based charity has completed its 500th arts project in the district. Artworks Creative Communities works with professional artists and in partnership with communities, organisations and businesses to encourage participation in the
A saleswoman is warning other females to be on their guard after a man made sexual comments and grabbed her as she walked in the centre of Bradford. The 24-year-old Bradford woman, who does not want to be identified, was so shocked by the lunch-time
Matt Orford’s future remains up in the air, despite fresh denials over a potential return to the NRL. It is believed the 32-year-old scrum half is still seeking a club in Australia, even after agent George Mimis scotched suggestions he had
Gary Speed returns to Elland Road tomorrow for the first time as a manager, with winger Robert Snodgrass urging Leeds United to send the Welshman back to Sheffield empty-handed. Speed spent nine years as a Leeds player before being sold to Everton for
Opponents of proposals to build about 300 new homes in Menston have been warned to come up with “valid” reasons for objecting to the plans. Councillor Matt Palmer said opponents of the plans should not rush into objections as “simply not wanting
