Bradford Park Avenue were left devastated today by the news that former manager Trevor Storton had passed away. The 61-year-old former Liverpool player – who was assistant manager at Avenue’s Evo-Stik Premier Division rivals Halifax – lost
City have told fans they have no choice over clashing with the England game on Saturday. Their home match with Shrewsbury is the only league fixture with the same 3pm kick-off as England’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Wales. Shrewsbury rejected the chance
Mark Land and Linda Sanderson carried off three titles each at last weekend’s Bradford Closed Championships. Land had won four events in each of the last two championships and it was his Dewsbury Sedbergh team-mate Ivan Lewis who prevented him from
West Bowling’s under-15 and under-12 teams will be out to make it a double celebration for the club on Sunday. The under-12s play Moldgreen (11.40am) and the under-15s take on Siddal (2pm) in the West Riding Youth Cup finals at Cougar Park. Both teams
Bulls youngster Wayne Bremner was hit by a major setback after suffering suspected knee ligament damage in the under-20s’ 44-40 defeat to Castleford. Scans are expected to confirm the Academy winger has snapped his cruciate after he was stretchered from
The views really are fantastic from this cottage on the edge of Daisy Hill. “On a clear day you can see across the valley to Clayton to the south and Thornton to the south-west, which is the birthplace of the Brontes, so the cottage is very aptly named
The Corsa’s gone posh. That’s right, Vauxhall’s supermini has been sprinkled with some of the stardust which has made Insignia and co such an elegant success. The company revamped the Corsa range last year, with new engines and improved ride
A man died last night after he was believed to have jumped from the top of the Kirkgate Shopping Centre car park. Kirkgate and Darley Street were cordoned off yesterday afternoon after the incident, which happened at around 3.30pm. Police said when
Right On Cue Kevin Firth is through to the final of the ENGLISH AMATEUR SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP. The Bradford cueman successfully negotiated the last-16 qualifiers to set up a clash with Steve Judd, who eased past Jon Bagley (4-2), Allan Edmonds (4-0)
Yorkshire director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has challenged all-rounder Lee Hodgson to find the consistency needed to shine at first-team level. The 24-year-old has failed to fulfil his potential since arriving from Surrey in late
JCT600 Bradford League club Keighley have signed four youngsters from Craven League clubs. They are pace bowler Joe Stead and all-rounder Freddie Pearson from Cononley, all-rounder Ben Simons from Sutton and left-handed batsmen Jack Beetham from Bradley
If the multi-millionaire stars of Formula One step out of line in the opening race of the new season they will find themselves up before ‘The Beak’. Otley driving instructor Steve Stringwell, who has also been given the nickname ‘Judge Dredd’ in motorsport
Bingley Bees kept the pressure on leaders Halifax with two victories and two clean sheets in Yorkshire Women's Division One. They won 3-0 at Ben Rhydding Thirds and 5-0 at Otliensians Firsts. Hard-working Bingley used strong passing and one- touch hockey
Bradford wrestler Tommy Hawthorn is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his elder brother Brett. The undefeated British and English champion has his eyes set on the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, but also wants to follow emulate Brett
The Upper Airedale Junior Cricket Association’s (UAJCA) under-17 Joe Lumb side will be managed by former Long Lee and Embsay batsman Simon Bailey, assisted by Keighley team-mate Richard Robinson as coach. Earby first-team captain Stephen Hipgrave’s assistant
BullBuilder column As Super League XVI gets into its stride, BullBuilder are also stepping up their efforts to help supporters make a difference to the rising generation of Bulls players. Founded last year, and with membership well into three figures
Oakworth Juniors and Sandy Lane will meet in an all-Bradford Sunday Alliance League final of the Keighley & District Cup. Oakworth beat New Variety Club 2-0 with goals from Joe Brady and Scott Nelson, while Lane were 3-1 winners against Midland Athletic
Newcomers Wortley will meet Yorkshire Amateur in the Leeds Red Triangle Invitation League’s first final of the season – the Rowland Road WMC Senior Cup at Garforth Town FC next Wednesday (7.30pm). Meanwhile, the league’s young invitation team went down
Chev Walker is included in the Bulls’ 19-man squad for Friday’s game at St Helens after making an early return from injury. The powerful centre had been expected to sit out at least four games with a pectoral tear but returns a week ahead of
Former Woodhouse Grove pupil Dalton Polius has made a promising start to his first-class career. Polius, who was an overseas player for Burley in the Aire-Wharfe League last year, scored 45 for the Windward Islands in the first innings of their match
Chancellor George Osborne today gave a helping hand to motorists and the lower paid in a budget he said would boost "growth and jobs". To placate drivers facing record pump prices he cut the price of fuel by 1p per litre from 6pm tonight and
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his 2011 Budget statement today. Here are its major points: Annual growth forecast revised down from 2.1% to 1.7% in 2012. Inflation expected to remain at 4-5% this year, 2.5% next year and 2% the following year
The Chancellor announced a raft of measures he said would make the UK the best place in Europe to start, finance and grow a business. Many of the measures had been widely trailed but the centrepiece was another cut in corporation tax paid by
Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a budget for "growth and jobs" today and declared: "Britain has a plan and we're sticking to it". But he announced a cut growth forecasts amid continuing bad economic news. Mr Osborne promised help
Chancellor George Osborne told Cabinet colleagues today that his Budget would set out the Government's plans to reform and rebalance the economy and help families with the cost of living. Mr Osborne briefed senior ministers, including Prime
Ardent Bradford City fan Haydn Burron has been presented with a signed shirt by chairman Mark Lawn as he prepares to leave Bradford to join the Army. The 16-year-old former Thornton Grammar School pupil will start a 12-month training course at Sir John
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Keighley: change of use from boutique shop (A1) to restaurants and cafes (A3), 57 North Street. Keighley: change of use from offices to eight flats above existing shops, 74-80
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Jerome Powell, aged 28, of Flaxen Court, Wibsey; assault, jailed for one month. Jason Alan Green, aged 38, of Sandhill Mount, Thorpe Edge; failure to comply with requirements of community order
Fearsome pirates Barbarossa and his Band of Buccaneers will dock their pirate ship The Scurvy Shark in Shipley Market Square for the start of the town’s Pirate Day. The event, on Saturday, will feature open-air performances of Q20 Theatre’s Peter
Online training pioneer Virtual College, whose systems are helping companies cut costs and enabling people to learn at their own pace, has clocked up its 500,000th online learner. The Ilkley-based organisation, which now employs more than 70 staff, provides
Legal eagles volunteered to teach economics classes at Bingley Grammar School as part of a scheme run by the Young Enterprise Education Programme Trainee solicitors from law firm Irwin Mitchell taught students about the fundamentals of business finance
Around 450 Bradford staff at US-owned greetings card company Hallmark Cards are braced for cutbacks – including some possible job losses – as the firm carries out a major restructure of its UK operations. Staff in Hallmark’s UK division
Entries are now being taken for this year’s Shipley Stride – a fundraising ramble for Macmillan Cancer Support. And for the first time, the Bah-Tat, a longer and more challenging walk, will take place on the same day. People can now sign up to either
Families who receive support from a Bradford charity are backing a ‘parent power’ campaign to prevent the closure of a life-saving children’s heart surgery unit. Most of the babies and toddlers who attend sessions at The Pamela Sunter Centre, Down Syndrome
Normally thought of as technophobes, older people in Bradford are taking the web by storm. They are among the most prevalent older internet users in Europe, as a survey revealed that British senior citizens use their computers more often than those in
Striking staff at the University of Bradford who were on the picket lines yesterday over a national pensions row believe their action has made an impact – so far. Yesterday there were four pickets, three at the main campus and one at the University’s
A mother whose son survived being hit by a car has spoken of her distress at another child being hurt on the same road. Denise Jackson said her son Matthew, now 14, had been knocked unconscious and spent two days in hospital after the accident, shortly
A serial burglar has been warned he faces custody after admitting new offences. Clifford Westfall, 26, pleaded guilty to four offences of burglary when he appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. He admitted stealing cash from Baildon C of E School
Community leaders in Haworth have expressed their disappointment after the village was snubbed in its bid to become a World Heritage Site. Haworth, the second most visited literary shrine in the country after Stratford-Upon-Avon, has failed
A highly-regarded soldier serving in Northern Ireland, who slapped and robbed a Bradford prostitute after drinking and taking cocaine, has been given the chance to continue his career in the armed services by a judge. Sean Hopkins, 34, demanded
Jake Speight has been confirmed as City’s penalty-taker after his successful spot-kick against Northampton. Speight notched his first league goal for the club on Saturday, following recent penalty misses by Gareth Evans and James Hanson.
A major campaign to transform Bradford’s image is gathering pace with 150 firms and community groups signed up to a key summit next month. The business-led Positive Bradford scheme aims to capture the hearts and minds of Bradfordians and redress the
Police and fire experts are investigating a suspected arson attack at a Shipley flat last night. Firefighters were called to the blaze, which started in the living room of a converted three-storey block of flats in Briggate, at about 10.50pm. A member
A heritage railway is to join the rock concert circuit with a three-day festival along the scenic five-mile line. It will involve transforming its engine shed in Oxenhope into a 500 capacity venue where festival-goers will share the space with seven
Bradford Council has signed up to join a national network of the first wave of health and well-being boards. Under proposed changes in the coalition Government’s NHS White Paper Equality and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, the management of public health
A doctors’ surgery in Keighley is the first in the district to use social media to communicate with its patients and the public. Holycroft Surgery has signed up to social networking site Twitter, making it easier for patients to get up-to-date information
We live in a world where free enterprise and the market are the main engines for sorting out what we need – at a simple level, this is supply and demand – meaning that prices rise when an item is in short supply. Current examples are shortages of wheat
25 years ago: A six-mile stretch of the M62 was closed after more than 40 lorries and cars were involved in separate accidents on the eastbound carriageway between Windy Hill and Outlane due to fog and snow. 50 years ago: Vandals had caused
A Bradford mum has pleaded guilty to running a brothel. The building was raided by police after undercover officers were offered sexual services while having massages, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. Mum-of-one Alison Berry, 38
According to Save the Children, nearly one in five children in Bradford lives in severe poverty. Overall in the UK, the numbers of children living in poverty remains “unacceptably high” at 1.6 million, leading charities to call for emergency measures
The news that Haworth and the surrounding Bronte country will not be put forward as a possible UNESCO World Heritage site is a disappointment for the whole region. The Tourism and Heritage Minister announced that the 11 potential candidates
A blaze that destroyed moorland was probably started deliberately, it has been revealed. Bradford Council’s countryside and rights of way manager Danny Jackson was on Baildon Moor yesterday to assess the damage from Monday’s blaze on an area the size
A lane blighted by fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour has been blocked to motorists. Ward councillors in Wyke, Bradford, have overseen the closure of the lower part of Wilson Road and its adoption by Bradford Council. The road remains open to pedestrians
Peter Jackson will welcome back Tommy Doherty with the challenge: Show me how good you are. The experienced playmaker is set to return to City training tomorrow after a three-month injury lay-off. Doherty has not kicked a ball since
Bulls boss Mick Potter has warned his players to expect the best from St Helens, despite their ongoing problems. Already missing a host of players through injury, Saints could be without a further two through suspension in Friday’s game at
Frickley Athletic 2 Bradford Park Avenue 2 Avenue’s recent run of consecutive victories came to an end in a tough Evo-Stik Premier Division derby at Frickley. The hosts twice took the lead, only to surrender it to own goals on both occasions
Guiseley 1 Alfreton Town 2 Guiseley’s promotion push in the Blue Square Bet North is also losing momentum and they went down 2-1 at home to title hopefuls Alfreton. All three of the goals came in a nine-minute first-half spell. Paul Clayton broke the
Liversedge came away from high-flying Northern Counties East League Premier Division rivals Parkgate with a point after an amazing 4-4 draw. Nathan Swindles and Kerin Hamity netted to give the third-placed side a 2-0 lead but Sedge were in front by the
Farsley progressed to the final of the Northern Counties East League President’s Cup with a comfortable 5-0 home victory over Scarborough Athletic. Ben Jones opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Gareth Grant was fouled. Grant added the second
