The battle to finish top of Pennine League Division One West sees both local contenders hit the road on Saturday. Clayton, who have a three-point advantage at the summit, travel to King Cross Park having enjoyed a 36-20 home success last month, while
Bradford Park Avenue reserves strengthened their position as the Lancashire League leaders with a 2-2 draw against Ossett Albion reserves. Shane Hamilton was on target for the Horsfall Stadium side with two goals. Avenue manager Mick Couzens said:
Bradford Dudley Hill return to fortress Parry Lane on Saturday seeking to prevent National Conference Premier Division Hull Dockers from posting a double. Hill lost the away encounter 40-31 in a high-scoring game that reflected the defensive
Bradford Park Avenue are mourning the loss of one of their most loyal servants. Charlie Atkinson, who held the record for the most number of Football League appearances in an Avenue shirt, has died aged 77. The much-loved stalwart, who was living
A Christmas tree dedicated to the memory of lost loved ones has been planted in Ilkley. Installed by Marie Curie Cancer Care Ilkley support group, the memorial will be the focus for a new ‘lights to remember’ event on The Grove on Saturday, December
Lee Bullock column: I’m not sure if this free week is a good thing for us or not. On the one hand, it gives people like Dave Syers and James Hanson the chance to get rid of the little strains and wear and tear they’ve been carrying.
Former Bradford City central defender Andy O’Brien has extended his loan period at Leeds until the beginning of January - and the club hope to keep him for longer. Leeds were keen to hang on to O’Brien who has provided some much needed stability at the
After defeats in the last three games of Nik Corrigan’s tenure, Bradford & Bingley have won five out of six under the stewardship of Martin Whitcombe. The Bees, who have risen to fourth in National League Three North, are at home to Stockport on Saturday
Not even the gloom that enveloped Cross Green last Saturday could obscure Dominic Barrow. And it wasn’t just the fact that the Prince Henry’s Grammar School second row is 6ft 6in that helped him be noticed in Otley’s 18-10 National League One
Winger James Druce travelled with Wharfedale to Redruth for the first National League One match of the season but was badly injured in the warm-up. Now recovered, he has earned his berth with a prolific match for the Foresters at Huddersfield last Saturday
Cleckheaton, who are without Carl Mason and Iain Gordon, will be keeping a weather eye on visitors Pontefract’s dangerman Chris Planchant in North One East on Saturday. Home club spokesman Alan Bentley said: "We faced him when he played for Birkenhead
Bradford Salem might have lost 20-7 at Yorkshire Division One leaders Malton & Norton last weekend but gained plenty of plaudits from the hosts. Salem hope to take the positives from that into the home game against Bridlington on Saturday. The hosts
If Martin Hemingway and Martin Atkinson pass late fitness tests, third-placed Baildon will be picking from full strength for the first time this season in their tasty Yorkshire Division Three derby against fifth-placed Aireborough on Saturday.
Keighley head to North Ribblesdale on Saturday with head coach Graeme Sheffield hailing the club’s youth system. The Rose Cottagers were comfortable 33-8 winners last weekend over a Scarborough side containing several overseas players in stark
Five clubs from the defunct Bradford Central League have joined the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League. Allerton, Salem Athletic, Great Horton Church and Girlington will all put two teams in, while Greenfield will play as Bradford Property Rentals
The first goal of Bantams striker Chib Chilaka’s loan spell with Avenue proved to be a double-edged sword and he will no doubt be looking for one that counts in the big West Yorkshire derby at Horsfall Stadium on Saturday. Avenue’s visitors
So it would appear those dastardly Aussies had us fooled all along. I’m not one for reading too much into things but I’d say we’re definitely going to lose now. Maybe they lulled our boys into a false sense of security, as Strauss and Co looked like
LISTERHILLS AA: The winner of the Specimen Fish Trophy was D Collins with a common carp of 23lb caught at Pilley’s Dam. Runner-up G Young had a pike of 19lb from the same location. The match winner was D Jackson with a barbel of 6lb 6oz from the
Two Bradford area rally drivers are back on the road again 50 years after their first competition together. Cleckheaton-based Bob Bean and Ilkley’s Don Griffiths are competing in the four-day Roger Albert Clark Rally in Carlisle in a Ford
Local pairs finished in the top two at the Bradford Winter Alliance event hosted by Riddlesden. Keighley’s Martin Cooper (6) and Paul Davies (4) led the standings with 45 points, while home club duo Andy Salanyk (9) and Brian Wilthew (9) clinched second
Guiseley may be joint-leaders of the Blue Square Bet North table following a perfect return to league action in midweek but they face yet another stern test on Saturday. The Lions progressed in the FA Trophy last Saturday and beat Droylsden 2-1 at home
Yorkshire duo Joe Root and David Wainwright will spend time on ECB-run training camps later this winter. Wainwright has been selected to go to India early in 2011 on a specific spin bowling camp with fellow left-armer Simon Kerrigan from Lancashire
A number of West Riding County Amateur League games on Saturday could go a long way to showing which teams are serious title or promotion contenders – barring any interference from the predicted cold snap. Albion Sports are two points behind Premier
New LIVERSEDGE boss Billy Miller will be looking for his first Northern Counties East League victory at the third attempt to ensure his side do not return to the foot of the Premier Division table. Their basement clash on Saturday sees them heading to
Silsden management duo Chris Reape and Danny Bolton are determined to arrest their team’s slide down the Vodkat League table – and there is no better opportunity to start than at Keighley Road on Saturday. The Cobbydalers face Alsager Town at home knowing
A mass bulb-planting session has been undertaken in the grounds of Thornton Grammar School. Some 500 crocuses have been planted to support a campaign by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland. Working with the Eden Project, the International Flower Bulb
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Shipley: change of use from A1 (shop) to split use between A1 and D1 (non-residential institution), 23 Westgate. Shipley: construction of single-storey extension and garage conversion
Art-lovers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the work of three Ilkley artists when they open their studios this weekend as part of Ilkley Arts Festival. Graeme Willson, Joy Godfrey and Chris Bailey will welcome visitors into their studios on Sunday
A junior football club could be on the brink of folding after vandals destroyed their pitch. People living near Weston Lane Junior Sports and Social club, in Otley, said they saw a blue van being driven all over the playing surface at about 8.30pm on
Bradford’s debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty has today issued a stark warning of the dangers of relying heavily on credit to fund Christmas. With a month to go before the big day, the organisation which helps people with spiralling
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Nicholas Anthony Aaron Leonard, 29, of Lindley Road, Little Horton; four counts of theft, jailed for 35 weeks. Hafsa Begum, 38, of Water Lily Road, Heaton; harassment, 12 months’ community order
A graduate adopted at birth is planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to help children’s charity Baranardo’s. Carmel Porter, a former pupil of Ilkley’s Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, will climb the 6,000m summit, Africa’s highest peak, at the end
A new health centre will open its doors to patients on Monday on a multi-million pound development. The Eldwick and Gilstead health centre, in Warren Lane, Eldwick, will be the new home of Oak Glen Surgery, a long-established Bingley practice
Hundreds of guests have been invited to an Eid Milan dinner to raise money for the victims of the Pakistan floods. The Pakistan Society of West Yorkshire has organised the event at the Bradford Hilton on Friday as part of its annual fundraising
A post-war romance that flourished in one of the district’s textile mills is still going strong six decades later. Arthur and Edna Atkinson are marking their diamond wedding anniversary today. Mr Atkinson, 89, attributed their relationship’s success
Business-people are being urged to help a Bradford charity fight for the rights of Pakistan’s flood victims at a boxing event in the city. Basic Human Rights (BHR) is launching its winter survival appeal for children left destitute by the floods which
Prince Charles has been hailed as “the saviour of wool textiles” by a Bradford textile chief whose firm is investing a seven-figure sum in expanding its wool processing. Simon Curtis, joint managing director of Curtis Wools Direct, said the five-year
Increased demand for doorstep and other credit has set Bradford-based Provident Financial on track for a good year. The group said the improved trends in its home credit division reported in October had continued, with sales in the 12 weeks since the
What sounds like one of the oddest theatrical productions ever is coming to Bradford University’s Theatre In The Mill next month. Treasured – A Secret Journey, a 30-minute piece, involves three actors, each one in a separate room in the theatre, performing
A broken down train caused delays for commuters travelling on the Airedale line today. Northern Rail said a fault caused a train to be stranded at Bradford Forster Square station at 6.30am. The 7.41am service between Skipton and Bradford Forster
Police have said they are to focus patrols at the Leisure Exchange in Bradford city centre following a series of disturbances in the area. Officers have been called to three incidents in the leisure complex in Vicar Lane, Bradford, since last Monday.
We arrived at the ground full of optimism. The atmosphere inside was electric as the national anthems were sung with gusto by both sets of supporters. Rob, the Aussie guy next to me, said: "I hope the cricket’s not as boring as your anthem
The family of a Bradford businessman who was tortured and murdered have said they would fight to keep his killers behind bars for the rest of their days after a failed bid for freedom. Four men who were jailed over a botched robbery plot which
THE AMERICAN (15, 104 mins) Four stars Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Thekla Reuten, Irina Bjorklund Based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth, director Anton Corbijn’s follow-up to
An annual inspection into Bradford Council’s adult services has seen the department being awarded the top grade for its work for the second year in a row. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given the service a grade four, excellent rating
25 years ago: The long-awaited Ravenscliffe youth and community centre held its first large function – an autumn fair. 50 years ago: Plans to give greater emphasis to housing old people in Bradford were put before the housing sub-committee by its chairman
Gender violence is a phrase the public may not be automatically familiar with. It usually refers to attacks by men on women, including sexual assault, rape, serious injury and even murder. Males, however, can be victims too. In fact,
The number of traveller caravans parked across Bradford has almost doubled in a year, according to new Government figures. But Bradford Council has disputed the statistics and says that the Government report is wrong. Figures published
Dozens of gritting wagons were ready to take to Bradford’s roads tonight as the first significant snowfalls of the year were forecast to hit the district. The Council has 27 gritting lorries ready to respond to sub-zero temperatures and potentially
For Bradford’s sex workers, it provides an escape from the chaos controlling their lives. In an industrial area of the city, a discreet service is working closely with the women who want to relinquish making their livelihood through prostitution
UNSTOPPABLE (12A, 98 mins) Three stars Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Ethan Suplee, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Corrigan, Lew Temple For every Elephant Man, there is a Pretty Woman; for every Magnificent Seven, there
SIR – Re your feature, “Lighting on streets to be dimmed” (T&A, November 19). If they dim the ones on the Leafield Estate in Eccleshill, they may as well turn them off. The light you get is appalling – you can barely see. Mrs J Wooton, Kershaw Street
Hard Ings Road is closed in Keighley this morning after a male pedestrian was involved in a collision with a car. Police officers shut the road at the scene of the accident, near McDonald’s restaurant, at 6.10am. The pedestrian suffered a head
SIR – Shipley MP Philip Davies is absolutely right to criticise Bradford Council for stocking books written in Urdu in public libraries, pointing out this does nothing to encourage integration (T&A, November 22). Pointing to the poor educational standards
SIR – In Monday’s T&A there was a piece about children’s Urdu books available in Shipley Library. MP Philip Davies said Bradford has one of the lowest educational attainment levels in the country, and one reason for this is that many children cannot
SIR – That was a nice little story about a row between MP Philip Davies and Councillor the Reverend Paul Flowers (T&A, November 22). The Reverend suspects “Mr Davies is fast becoming a caricature of his obsession with political correctness”, and thinks
SIR – The planners of Bradford seem intent on systematically destroying the heritage of our once great city, particularly Heaton village. It is time the old historic areas were appreciated and enabled to exist alongside the new without the destruction
The impact of cuts to public transport spending will be discussed by councillors from Bradford and neighbouring districts at a key meeting tomorrow. The cost of free bus travel for pensioners and the disabled across England, staffing levels
A waste disposal firm boss accused of dumping shares in the business just before their price collapsed insisted he was going to sell them anyway. Neil Rollins, 46, avoided huge personal losses by selling 74,000 stocks in the Shipley-based PM
A Bradford primary school has become the second this month to be lifted out of the failing special measures category. St Francis Catholic Primary School, in Myers Lane, Swain House, was criticised by Ofsted in July last year for inadequate
The Bulls are confident a resolution to the wrangling over Matt Orford’s release is near at hand. Limited progress has been made since the wantaway scrum half requested an early release from his contract last month but both parties are now
A dozen members of the Carroll family across two generations are in Bradford Catholic Players’ £82,000 production of the musical Beauty and the Beast at the Alhambra. Most are on stage, among a talented cast of 54 in their splendid Molly Limpet
Bradford’s crime-fighting agencies are today beginning a high-profile crackdown on gender violence this week. Attacks most commonly involve men harming women and include sexual assault, rape, serious injury and murder. Forty-five per
Jake Speight will be sticking with Port Vale until the new year. The striker’s one-month loan with the League Two top dogs is up but City have agreed to extend it until January 1. Speight, though, cannot play in the FA Cup home game with Accrington
A pub licensee was branded a control freak by his gay lover, who repeatedly threatened to kill him, a jury heard. Kevan Worrall and Callum Adams had quarrelled over a man the night before Mr Worrall’s body was found upstairs at the Seven Stars
