Bradford City are appealing for help from fans or local firms to provide a new club minibus. They admit the current bus, which carries the youth team around, will cost too much to repair. Director Roger Owen said: “It will soon need big money just to
The formbook was nearly turned upside down when Bradford League Division Two promotion chasers Highdale D put their unbeaten record on the line at bottom-of-the-table Fastbats B. Highdale are chasing Embassy B for the title, whereas Fastbats have yet
Neither the defending champions Hallfield nor the 2010 runners-up Heaton A will be involved in the preliminary round of the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League’s Sir James Roberts Cup. Both have been given byes into the first round on Sunday, May 22
The two JCT600 Bradford League representatives have been drawn together in the first round of the National Clubs Championship. Hanging Heaton will be at home to East Bierley in a first-round tie that has to be played before May 8.
Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League fixture secretary David Clegg has apologised for giving clubs league fixtures on Sundays this season. The league have 57 teams organised into four divisions of 12 teams and a Fourth Division of nine teams, who
Bradford & Bingley have been chosen to host the JCT600 Bradford League’s 2011 Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup final on Sunday, August 28. Their Wagon Lane ground has been a regular venue for the showpiece match and the final returns there after last
Birstall are involved in one of two all-Premier Division ties in the first round of the Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League’s Jack Hampshire Cup. They will visit Altofts on May 1, Townville going to Wakefield St Michaels in the other top-flight contest
Tickets are still available for the Bulls’ 2011 squad presentation evening. The event, taking place at the Cedar Court Hotel on Wednesday, will see each squad member presented with their shirts for the new season. Supporters will also be given a glimpse
Umpires in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League |have belatedly received an increase in fees. Last season they were paid £20 a game if two umpires stood or £40 if one stood. However, the Craven & District Umpires’ Association proposed a rise to £25 and
Bingley Bees’ men turned in their best performance of the season to hold Yorkshire Division Six North leaders Harrogate fourths to a 2-2 draw. The Bees, playing two wide men, opened strongly and had the home defence worried from the outset. Several
The BRADFORD PARK RUN saw a great tussle for second place as first lady home Alex Becker (Bradford Airedale) squeaked in a second ahead of Bingley Harrier Shaun Jordan. Both were just over 50 seconds behind Andrew Grenfell, who won Saturday’s race for
A man was killed and two others were injured in a horror collision after a police pursuit. Minutes after officers in a marked car had given up following the silver Peugeot 106 at about 9.30pm last night, a police helicopter spotted it crashed
Bingley Harriers are aiming to catch them young. The Beckfoot School-based club want to teach children from Year Three upwards how to run, jump and throw in a safe and friendly professional environment. They hope that sportshall athletics will then
Right on Cue The dates for the next round of the Hey’s Trophy have now been set as Thursdays, February 17 and 24. The last-16 ties are as follows: West Bradford Bowling Club v Upper Bolton Cons A, Queensbury Cons A v East Ward Labour,
Rising star Sam Convery made his customary flying start to the season with a win at the Leeds schools cross-country trials. This followed an outstanding performance at the Northern Indoor Athletics Championships by the Horsforth schoolboy. The 13-year-old
Bradford residents have told the Council what services they want protected and and which ones they want cut back ahead of this year’s budget. It will be the most brutal for a generation due to the two-year £67.5 million funding cut passed down
John Hollingworth, a former head boy at Bradford Grammar School, is literally between the devil and the Deep Blue Sea. After being in a National Youth Theatre stage version of The Master and Margarita, about Satan turning up in revolutionary Moscow,
Work has started to turn a world-famous healer’s mission back into a centre of healing – as well as a museum and coffee shop. Bowland Street Mission, nestling between a taxi firm and a takeaway, in Manningham, is where the faith healer and evangelist
Knitting churchgoers have given their blessing to an American initiative bringing comfort and warmth to other members of the community. Members of the congregation at Ilkley’s Christchurch, The Grove, are getting busy with their knitting needles on a
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Umar Hussain, aged 18, of Queen’s Road, Manningham; assault, bound over for 12 months in the sum of £100. Stephen Pryce, of Cutler Heights Lane, Cutler Heights; two counts of dishonestly receiving
A team of dental nurses has started a petition over an increase in a fee they must pay in order to work. The nurses at Thornton Dental Care Centre in Market Street are so incensed at the above-inflation rise, they have written to colleagues across the
A long-established motor dealership, which has created 15 jobs at its recently-opened £1 million Bradford showroom, achieved record sales in 2010 nd expects to deliver 3,000 new and used vehicles this year. Farnell Land Rover, one of the oldest in
Businessman Mike Davies used his 60th birthday celebrations to launch a new charity to help disadvantaged children. Mr Davies, group managing director of Skipton-based vitamins producer Principle Healthcare Group, has set up The Principle Trust. Principle
The Bradford & District Referees’ Association could hardly have a more topical speaker for their meeting at the Central Club, Clayton Lane, on Manchester Road tomorrow night (7.30). She is Halifax’s Jane Simms, who officiated in the Women’s World Cup
A wheelchair-bound man showed jurors his legs in a bid to prove he was too disabled to take part in a violent armed robbery. Mariusz Wolkowicz denies being part of a gang that beat, stripped and bound two Polish couriers delivering parcels
A woman ingested asbestos while washing her husband’s dusty overalls, an inquest heard. Coroner Roger Whittaker said on the balance of probabilities 83-year-old Frances Astin would have been exposed to the substance that was on her husband’
The devastated family of a Keighley musician killed in a plane crash a year ago were today hoping to learn what caused the tragedy. Kevin Grainger, 54, was one of two Britons among 82 people killed when flight ET409 from Beirut International
Surgeons have carried out an emergency operation on a 15-year-old boy who was injured in a car crash during a police chase in Keighley. The teenager suffered multiple injuries, including extensive head wounds, when the SEAT Leon smashed into gates and
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Apperley Bridge: parent annex extension to existing dwelling, 8 Mitchell Close. Greengates: retention of radio mast and removal of two banner signs, Power Cabs, 919 Harrogate
A Bradford cheerleading troupe for people with learning disabilities is set to pom-pom its way across the Atlantic for the World Championships. Members of The Jewels are heading to Disney World, Florida, in April to showcase their talents, after performing
25 years ago: The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Robert Williamson, called for the church to back industry, saying a strong industrial base was crucial for the well being of the nation. 50 years ago: Dai Rees, who steered Bradford Northern
Plans to tackle large residential schemes and congestion on the A65 corridor through Wharfedale and Airedale have been backed by three MPs. The newly-formed Wharfedale and Airedale Review Development (WARD) group wants to take advantage of
Watching Channel 4’s new series, Big Fish Fight, has given the nation food for thought. For the past few months, celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has travelled around the UK meeting fishermen, politicians and members of the public to “champion
Over the last couple of years we have become accustomed to news pictures that show folk knee-deep in water in their kitchens. The roll call includes Tewkesbury, Toll Bar, York, Hull and Cumbria. Part of the explanation is that the generally-warmer air
It is a shame that so few people chose to respond to a survey asking where Bradford Council should make cuts. The authority is facing brutal funding choices, and all of us are likely to be affected in one way or another. So any opportunity
SIR – Following the overwhelming popularity of our Heroes Return 2 funding programme, I am delighted to announce the Big Lottery Fund has extended its scheme for a further year, enabling even more Second World War veterans from the Bradford area to return
SIR – T&A columnist Helen Mead (T&A, January 17) was spot-on regarding the BBC’s attempt to interest people in astronomy. It was seriously devalued by Jonathan Ross, who was just a stupid irritant, not being the ‘star’ of the show. Gary Lorriman,
A pensioner has been jailed for causing a horrific head-on smash in which a woman motorcyclist lost a leg. A judge said it was a miracle Jean Kelly, 44, survived the accident on the A65 near Hellifield on September 12 last year. She was airlifted
SIR – I often ruminate, and did so after reading that Stead and Simpson was to close (T&A, January 5). Once again, the mothballed Westfield shopping centre got the blame. But long before this Australian company appeared on the scene, Bradford saw the
SIR – It appears that Bradford Council leader, Ian Greenwood, is happy to defy the Government’s ruling that local councils must, by the end of January, publish details on-line of all expenditures which exceed £500 (T&A, January 24). Taking up this key
SIR – The Carnegie Library in Windhill represents a proud moment in Bradford’s history. It was opened in 1905 by Joseph Wright. Wright was a poor-house waif from Windhill who, aged six, became a donkey boy in a local quarry and, at 15, taught himself
SIR – In reply to Jason Smith’s letter (Letters, January 17) ‘Pubs need rights’, I wholeheartedly agree – especially the issue of personal freedom. If pubs and clubs had the right to be smoking or non-smoking, there would be freedom of choice. Smokers
Sir – Arthur Normington claims to be pragmatic (Letters, January 17). He does not smoke and does not care if pubs close because of the smoking ban (Letters, January 13). I have smoked for 57 years. Since I cannot have a drink, a smoke and a chat in
SIR – It is hoped that the upcoming City Park will help to boost the regeneration of the city centre, especially since several other significant schemes have hit the buffers. The park will help frame more positively the city’s cultural attractions –
Peter Taylor surveyed the impact of City’s fourth straight loss and admitted: We’re in a battle for survival now. The 2-1 defeat at Crewe last night left the Bantams only five points above the bottom two. And Taylor conceded that the
Leeds United midfielder Ramon Nunez returns from the Copa Centroamerica Tournament later this week after being named the competition's most valuable player. Nunez, 25, joined United in the summer after a month's trial, and his short-term contract
Police have warned the Bradford public not to approach a “dangerous sexual predator” who has gone on the run after breaching the terms of his licence following his release from jail. Scott Sorby, 20, failed to return to the bail hostel in Cleckheaton
Michael Platt is happy to look after number one but knows the shirt on his back will mean nothing this season. Despite being handed the Bulls’ No 1 jersey by boss Mick Potter, Platt is refusing to take selection for granted. Every place
Crewe Alexandra 2 Bradford City 1 The agony goes on as Crewe inflicted a fourth straight loss on the Bantams. When will it end? Even a red card for Bradford-born Clayton Donaldson in first-half stoppage time could not help City break their depressing
Farsley returned to the top of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division with a 2-0 win at Winterton Rangers last night. Following a goalless first half, Tom Jackson broke the deadlock eight minutes after the break and Gareth Grant hit a spectacular
Club captain Richard Naylor moved closer to full fitness by completing the full game as Leeds defeated Sheffield United in a friendly behind closed doors at Thorp Arch yesterday. Naylor’s troublesome knee stood up to the test and goals by Billy Paynter
Guiseley 3 Hinckley United 2 Two goals from Gavin Rothery helped Guiseley reclaim second place in the Blue Square Bet North with a thrilling 3-2 win at home to Hinckley United last night. It was a match packed with incident in which the Lions lost keeper
More than 100 anti-social behaviour orders were handed out across West Yorkshire in one year – including one to a child as young as 11. New figures from the Home Office for 2009 reveal the number of ASBOs given out to people to tackle their
