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  • CREWE 2 CITY 1

    City slumped to a fourth defeat on the bounce at Crewe tonight against a side who played the whole second half with ten men. Bradford-born Clayton Donaldson had stuck the knife into his hometown club with his 16th goal of the season before he was red-carded

  • City team news

    Jon Worthington came straight into the City side after signing a month's loan from Oldham. The former Huddersfield skipper was one of three changes from the Aldershot defeat, replacing the injured Lee Bullock. Worthington's arrival meant there was

  • Help is needed to spread word about census

    An army of volunteers is being sought to help carry out the census in Bradford. People are required to assist others filling in the form – a legal requirement with even the Queen not exempt. In Bradford, census staff want to hear from anyone who can

  • Past Bradford Union president on road to recovery

    Jimmy Clark is due out of hospital today after collapsing at the Bradford Union annual dinner last week. The Headley Golf Club life member – and former president of the union – needed emergency medical treatment after choking on his food. The 89

  • Bradford City sign Worthington on loan

    City have signed Oldham midfielder Jon Worthington on a month's loan. The former Huddersfield Town skipper, born in Birkenshaw, has been registered in time to feature in tonight's game at Crewe. Meanwhile, assistant-referee Sian Massey has been withdrawn

  • Twenty20 deadline looms in JCT600 Bradford League

    Clubs wishing to play in the 2011 Dyson Insulations Twenty20 Cup have been asked to confirm their interest by tomorrow night at a meeting at Cleckheaton Sports Club (7.30). "We are currently finalising the format for the 2011 competition and are interested

  • Lottery could be just the ticket for Central Yorkshire League

    The Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League are banking on a weekly lottery to boost their coffers. The league made a loss of £7,378 on the year ending September 30, 2010 but these were due to exceptional circumstances. The introduction of lap-top scoring

  • Subs are super for Nab Wood at Dolphins

    Nab Wood are thanking their strength in depth after clinching a dramatic Craven, Aire & Wharfe League Under-14 D Division victory at Westwood Dolphins. The visitors were lucky to be leading 2-0 at half-time via Jack Partington and man of

  • Bowling inspired by Tordoff class

    Two moments of pure class from long-serving centre Martin Tordoff gave West Bowling A the spoils 8-4 after a hard-fought Pennine League encounter with King Cross Park. With Bankfoot Oval frostbound, Bowling switched the DIVISION ONE WEST game to their

  • Thunderbirds back with a bang

    Rene Gregoire scored two tries as Bradford Clayton Thunderbirds returned to action with a 20-0 victory over Littleborough Hillside. The team had not played for six weeks due to the bad weather and Christmas but showed few ill effects. Kirsty Moroney

  • Junior soccer results

    Craven, Aire & Wharfe League – Under-11 A: Horsforth 4, Skipton LMS 2; Nab Wood 3, Sutton 5; Thackley 4, Shipley Lions 6. B: Keighley Shamrocks 10, Otley 2; Shipley Tigers 0, Calverley 8; Sutton 5, Stanningley 8. C: Horsforth Colts 2, Bingley 5; Prospect

  • Bradford woman to sue GP over failure of birth control

    A single mother in Bradford is suing her GP over the failure of her birth control. Her case is one of three in Yorkshire to be taken on by a firm of solicitors following reports that 584 women have fallen pregnant despite using the Implanon

  • VIDEO: Counselling given after vicious attack

    Frightened elderly residents at a Bradford care home are being given reassurance by police officers and nursing staff, following a vicious attack on a 94-year-old woman. The victim last night remained in hospital after suffering severe

  • Businesses happy to help Haworth Cat Rescue

    A business’s charitable arm has awarded £2,500 to a cat welfare group. Support Adoption for Pets, part of the Pets at Home firm, has given the cash to Haworth Cat Rescue. The money will go towards the cost of neutering and other vet bills. Darren Noakes

  • Oxenhope C of E Primary School celebrates success

    Parents and friends were invited into school for a ‘Wonderful Wednesday’ to celebrate the success of last term’s work and try their hand at some of the skills learned by pupils. The event at Oxenhope C of E Primary School included a musical welcome,

  • 140-mile truck journey ruffles Oliver's feathers

    He doesn’t appear to give a hoot! This is Oliver the owl who has amazed vets by surviving a 140-mile motorway journey clinging to the front of a lorry that had hit him. It was two stunned long-distance drivers who walked into Idle Veterinary

  • Baildon pupils plant 1,000 trees

    Pupils at a Baildon school have planted a 1,000-tree boundary hedge to create a new habitat for a range of wildlife. Each child at Sandal Primary School has planted at least one tree as part of the hedge on the school field, with the work to be completed

  • Caring Coran is an 'amazing teenager'

    A young carer who spends his spare time volunteering at a community centre has been nominated for an award. Coran Oxley, 14, is on a management team at the Edge Project in Holme Wood, Bradford, and has helped the centre secure £350 for IT equipment

  • Winter boost for Addingham villagers

    Addingham will get extra grit bins and brighter Christmas lights next winter. The Parish Council has agreed to spend around £10,000 on two capital projects to benefit the community in the next financial year. Councillor Gordon Campbell said: “The precept

  • Ashcroft Care Home in Undercliffe enjoys a haggis lunch

    A Scottish celebration was under way at a Bradford care home today. Staff and residents at Ashcroft Care Home in Undercliffe were enjoying a haggis lunch to celebrate Robert Burns Day, a celebration of the life and works of the 18th century poet. Scottish

  • Binglet Freemasons' cash help for Oxenhope hospice

    Freemasons at the Doric Lodge, Bingley, have given £1,000 to Manorlands Hospice, Oxenhope. Harold Hawkyard, trustee of Doric Lodge, presented funds collected by members of the group to Manorlands fundraiser Rachel Cunningham. The Freemasons

  • Leading Lib Dem in public attack on party

    A former chairman of the Keighley and Ilkley Liberal Democrats group has resigned and fired off a public attack on party leader Nick Clegg. Roger Beaumont, who stood unsuccessfully for the Lib Dems in the Keighley constituency at last year

  • Teenager fights for life after car-chase crash

    A 15-year-old boy was fighting for life last night from head injuries he suffered in a crash during a police chase in which the 20-year-old driver died. The boy had been a front-seat passenger in a Seat Leon which smashed at high speed into the gates

  • Jane Eyre screenplay is snapped up

    The screenplay of one of the most famous Bronte films has been bought by the guardians of their home in Haworth. The script of the movie, Jane Eyre, will go on display for the first time at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth when it re-opens

  • Housing protest groups to join forces

    Campaigners fighting proposed housing developments across the district are to set up a steering group to help them challenge Bradford Council’s planning policies. Protesters from five campaign groups were among around 70 people at a public meeting last

  • Adeyemi happy to continue learning curve at Bradford City

    Tom Adeyemi has promised City there will be no half measures now that he is here for the whole season. The on-loan midfielder was delighted when Norwich agreed to extend his stay at Valley Parade. Now he is aiming to repay Peter Taylor’s faith and find

  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: The following failed to notify change of registered keeper of vehicle (£175 fine, £75 costs unless stated): Julian Charles Reynolds, aged 45, of Belmont Rise, Low Moor; £85 fine, £75 costs.

  • Domestic abuse figures fall over festive period

    The number of reported domestic violence offences across the Bradford district over Christmas has fallen, police have revealed. Senior officers at Airedale and North Bradford Police said they were encouraged by the latest figures, which show a 33 per

  • Manufacturing to be given a voice

    A new initiative to help local manufacturing firms is being launched this week in a bid to give the sector a louder voice and boost trading links. The Bradford & Airedale Manufac-turing Alliance has been established by Bradford Chamber of Commerce

  • Being paid to learn is a privilege

    A couple of years ago, I visited a ramshackle orphanage in Ukraine with members of a Bradford charity. More than 100 children slept on ripped, stained mattresses slung across rusty beds. Their toilets were filthy holes in the ground outside. Although

  • Vote for your favourite shop!

    Entries are coming in for our search to find the businesses in Bradford who provide the best public service… and who make the best bosses. We launched our Bradford Means Business Awards 2011 just before Christmas, with a host of categories for the district

  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011

    25 years ago: Bradford schools faced more strikes and disruption when the National Union of Teachers pledged to step up action despite a settlement in an ongoing pay dispute. 50 years ago: Employers were in need of more than 1,000 women to

  • Building’s future

    SIR – Re Mr Halliday’s letter (T&A, January 14) regarding the state of the Carnegie building. As many Windhill residents will know, I have been in regular contact with the owners, Mr and Mrs Lamb, and have requested on numerous occasions that they tidy

  • Pothole solution

    SIR – While I agree with the comments from Keith Rayner (Letters, January 18), there is a problem where potholes have not been cleaned up properly. Rough edges where loose tarmac is should be taken back to a solid fixed area of tarmac and bonded with

  • Getting to the root of knife robbery

    Robbery can have a profound effect upon victims, both physically and emotionally. These can be long-lasting and are often life-changing, sapping the confidence of the victims and reducing them to shadows of their former selves. Now the crime has become

  • Firm leads drive for greener trucks

    A West Yorkshire waste management group, which includes a rendering operation in Bradford, is investing £1.4m in greener transport technology. The privately-owned Leo Group specialises in the collection and processing of animal by-products

  • Anger over Yeadon airport public transport claims

    A report claiming nearly four in ten passengers are using public transport to get to Leeds-Bradford Airport has been described as “confusing”. The Leeds City Council document said about 37 per cent of travellers got to the airport using public

  • Enjoy not smoking

    SIR – Re Andrew Love’s response to my letter on lifting the smoking ban in pubs (Letters, January 20). Andrew should be aware that about 106,000 people die in the UK of smoking-related disease every year, and half of all smokers die of smoking-related

  • All at sea about rules

    SIR – On Tuesday, January 11, I watched Hugh’s Big Fish Fight on Channel 4 and what an eye-opener the programme was. It would appear that our trawlermen have to work twice the hours at sea to land less than half their catches due to draconian, barmy

  • Police must be praised for efforts

    Police efforts to reclaim thousands of pounds fraudulently obtained by a Bradford couple should be welcomed. Anthony and Alison Davey used mortgage frauds to finance a criminal lifestyle including big houses and flash cars. They were caught

  • Prison costs debate

    Challenging Philip Davies to an open debate on prison occupancy (T&A, January 19), John Cole says the £40,000 spent on every inmate each year could be better spent. He should be asking why it costs this amount. Is it TVs, choice of menu and other perks

  • Splitting up district could save resources

    SIR – The bold proposal by Kris Hopkins that Keighley and Ilkley should separate from Bradford MDC (T&A, January 19), although not exactly reverting to pre-1974, would seem to suggest that Mr Hopkins believes those original ‘big council’ reforms implemented

  • Junior RL results

    WEST RIDING YOUTH LEAGUE – Under-18, West Riding Cup: West Bowling 4, Siddal 23. Under-16, West Riding Cup: Wyke 42, Keighley CC 4. Under-15, Premier Division: Clayton 0, Siddal 40; Slaithwaite Saracens 0, Sheffield HH 24; Huddersfield St Joseph Sharks

  • One law for one?

    SIR – Why does Labour whether in government or opposition always have an air of George Orwell’s Animal Farm about it, ie, all are equal but some more equal than others? For example, David Miliband MP in his post-leadership contest life, is said to be

  • Bradford money-launder pair are told to pay £170,000

    A Bradford couple have been threatened with jail if they do not stump up more than £170,000 deemed to be ill-gotten gains. Anthony Davey, 38, used mortgage frauds to finance a criminal lifestyle, which included mansions and flash cars.

  • Special Bradford police squad is formed to tackle robberies

    A team dedicated to robbery has been set up in Bradford following a high-profile conviction. Based at the Trafalgar House headquarters of Bradford South Police, the team is the brainchild of Detective Inspector Ian Bryar. It is intended to

  • Bradford Bulls only interested in right man for the job

    The Bulls are in no rush to add to their squad before the start of the new season. Boss Mick Potter has already been busy in the winter transfer market, Kyle Briggs becoming the 11th new arrival after completing a switch from Featherstone two

  • Dirty dozen made safe

    A team of British Army bomb disposal specialists have rendered safe 12 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during one operation in Afghanistan. This is the greatest number of IEDs to have been removed on any search so far on the current tour and was the

  • Connolly close to suspension

    Leeds United right back Paul Connolly is just one booking away from his second suspension of the season. The former Derby defender, who joined the club in the summer, collected his ninth caution of the campaign in United's 2-2 draw at Portsmouth on Saturday

  • Bradford Park Avenue thwarted by old boy Baker

    Bradford Park Avenue 1, FC Halifax Town 3 A bumper crowd saw Park Avenue lose a feisty derby to neighbours Halifax as both sides finished with ten men. An entertaining game in front of over 1,300 spectators saw Town stretch their lead at the top of