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  • Twickenham chance for Altham

    Former Wharfedale prop Pete Altham (Fylde) is in the Lancashire team to face Hertfordshire in the Bill Beaumont Cup final at Twickenham on Sunday.

  • Kettleborough joins ICC Elite Umpiring Panel

    Former Yorkshire batsman Richard Kettleborough was named on the ICC’s Elite Panel of umpires earlier this week, becoming the youngest member of the 12-man panel at 38 years old. Kettleborough came through the ranks at the Collegiate Club in his home

  • Moxon: Yorkshire are in a relegation battle

    Yorkshire’s director of cricket Martyn Moxon has conceded his side are in a relegation battle in the LV=County Championship. This is after the Tykes succumbed to a ten-wicket defeat to Somerset at Taunton today. It leaves the white rose side third

  • Bradford quartet reach Drax Cup area finals

    All Saints Church of England Primary School (Bradford), Birkenshaw Church of England First & Nursery School, St Walburga’s Catholic Primary School, Shipley) and Victoria Primary School, Keighley have won a place in the West Yorkshire area final of the

  • Baildon Runners enjoy their day in the Scottish capital

    The Edinburgh Marathon Festival drew 14,000 runners to the Scottish capital last weekend. The marathon route started near Holyrood before taking runners to Leith for a long stretch along the coast. Many competitors found the trail section past Gosford

  • Keighley Cougars receive a Giant boost

    The Cougars have called on expertise from an England international ahead of Sunday’s key home clash with promotion rivals Whitehaven. Huddersfield Giants star Darrell Griffin helped lead training at Cougar Park last week as a favour to Keighley player-coach

  • Yorkshire on brink of defeat at Taunton

    Yorkshire are close to losing their LV= County Championship clash with Somerset at Taunton. By tea on the final day the hosts had reached 95-0, meaning they only required 133 more runs from the last 33 overs of the match to win. The Tykes began the

  • Parsley coped with pressure to deliver for Farsley

    Neil Parsley was left in no doubt as to the expectations of new club Farsley AFC after being told that anything other than promotion in his first season would be viewed as a failure. In a division in which there is just one automatic promotion place

  • Delight at Brighouse Town after Couzens named as manager

    The successor to Mark Brier at Brighouse Town's Dual Seal Stadium will be Mick Couzens, who is leaving the reserve team and under-19s of Bradford Park Avenue behind him for a second stab at being in charge of a first team. Couzens needs no introduction

  • Bradford Bulls intensity so much better against Warriors

    Jamie Langley column We were like a different team against Wigan. It was a real boost for us because we improved out of sight from the previous week’s effort and our intensity was ten times better. We trained well all week – but then we had in previous

  • Yorkshire face fight to save match

    Yorkshire found themselves in trouble on the final day of their LV= County Championship match against Somerset. At lunch they had reached 296-9 in their second innings, a lead of only 202 runs. Resuming on 248-6, they got off to the worst possible start

  • Silsden delighted to land Bradford City friendly

    Silsden boss Chris Reape has expressed his delight at landing a plum friendly at home to neighbours City. The Bantams will kick off their pre-season campaign at the Asda Foundation Stadium on Wednesday, July 13 (7.45pm). And a big crowd looks in prospect

  • Friday, May 27, 2011

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Baildon: alterations to planning approval 07/01356/FUL dated 18/12/07: construction of 74 dwellings and association garages, Baildon Bank Reservoir, West Lane. Baildon: single-storey

  • Clayton heights woman Jean Boyle gets the mini nibbles!

    Visitors to the opening of JCT 600’s new Mini showroom in Bradford today will be treated to edible Minis as well as the motoring kind. Three hundred biscuits in the shape of the car have been baked by Jean Boyle, of Clayton Heights, who runs a business

  • Friday, May 27, 2011

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Dean Colin Hines, aged 19, of St Paul’s Road, Manningham; two counts of theft, possession of cannabis, committed a further offence while subject to a conditional discharge and dealt with for

  • Ilkley girl Leander Hollings helping children in Peru

    A graduate from the district has travelled to South America to help disabled children receive a better education. Jennifer Stoddart, from Ilkley, has set up a school bus for youngsters with special needs and is appealing for funds to keep the service

  • Former Bradford man Patrick Kerin cleared of raping children

    A 49-year-old man has been cleared of raping and sexually abusing two boys. A jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday acquitted Patrick Kerin of 14 offences – nine of rape and five of indecent assault. He was cleared earlier in the trial on the direction

  • Ten-year pet ban imposed on Thornbury man Adrian Ashworth

    A man whose dog had to be put down after he failed to get a wound on its leg treated has been banned from keeping animals for ten years. Adrian Ashworth, 40, received a six month supervision order after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering

  • Babies evacuated as blaze hits flats in Alma Street, Shipley

    Eleven people were evacuated and one man was taken to hospital following a fire at a block of flats in Shipley. Emergency services were called after a blaze started at a ground-floor flat in Alma Street, Windhill, at 12.30am yesterday. Those who were

  • Merit is the only true benchmark

    It is a shame that, just days after Bradford elected women to the posts of both Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor for the first time, that a row has blown up about the lack of female representation at the Council’s highest levels. The fact

  • Friday, May 27, 2011

    From the T&A... 25 years ago: West Yorkshire spent less on secondary education pupils than any other area of the country, figures showed. 50 years ago: The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Benjamin Berry, inspected men of the 249 West Riding Field Regiment

  • Letters raise a smile

    SIR – How I look forward to a letter from Mr Tordoff. They are up-to-the-minute, topical and more often than not, very funny. We all need a smile on our face in these times, and I just wonder when you are going to give him a job writing for your newspaper

  • Jobs planned in new Le Bistrot Pierre restaurant in Ilkley

    Up to 35 full-time and part-time jobs will be created by a French bistro chain which is close to opening its latest venture in the district. Le Bistrot Pierre, which has eight restaurants, will soon open a 90-cover restaurant in Brook Street, Ilkley,

  • Minister on why disability allowance system needs to be reviewed

    Basic living allowances for people with disabilities cost the Government £12 billion a year, according to the Minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller. “That’s more than the transport bill for the entire country,” said the Minister, who is at the centre

  • Speed limit ignored

    SIR – It seems that the message that a section of the A641 has had the speed limit reduced from 40mph to 30mph, in the interests of road safety, hasn’t reached, or is being ignored by, some motorists. It is not really surprising, as that section of the

  • Tax is outrageous

    SIR – I wonder how many readers heard the response that Prime Minister David Cameron gave in Parliament, when an MP asked why the Air Ambulance has to pay VAT on its fuel, but lifeboats don’t? David Cameron merely replied that it was because of a European

  • Rewards of playing at politics

    We have had a very important week because our household has at last aspired to the very high importance of public life. We now count among our number no less than a publically-elected official. A councillor, no less! More than a mere councillor, in fact

  • Red tape ruins caring

    SIR – You reported on the need for more foster carers (T&A, May 17). More people would foster, but there is so much red tape around it now that it strangles you. Watching the soaps on television is proof of that. While for obvious reasons strict

  • Is proposal enough?

    SIR – It was good to see Shipley MP Philip Davies (T&A, May 17) backing the proposal by the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that forced marriage should be made a criminal offence. In the view of many, this should have been put in place many years

  • Opinion is rubbish

    SIR – Mr David Rhodes should find out the facts before casting aspersions on the common sense of another of your readers (Letters, May 23). For his information, I have a Council-bought litter picker which is what I use for litter picking and would not

  • Change litter laws for better deterrent

    SIR – The battle to keep our roadsides clear of litter is seemingly never-ending, and is not helped by the legal loophole that lets litter louts get away with it. Currently, the Council can’t take effective action against people who throw litter out

  • Champion Tetley in quick one-two

    New national junior champion Darren Tetley wasted no time celebrating his title – as he stepped straight back into the ring last night. The 17-year-old, from Bradford’s Platinum Club, was entitled to a breather after winning the 63.5kg division at the

  • Race For Life organisers call for more Bradford runners

    An urgent plea has gone out to women in Bradford to enter Race For Life. With just two weeks to go to the closing date, there are still 1,000 places to fill for the 5k women-only event in Lister Park on Sunday, June 12. So far 2,668 women

  • Bradford City boss Jackson shopping for a stopper

    Peter Jackson is chasing a keeper as part of his City rebuild but it won’t be Darlington’s Sam Russell. The 28-year-old, who kept 19 clean sheets last season, is out of contract with the FA Trophy winners. But Jackson poured cold water on suggestions

  • Police hunt men after robbery at Saltaire bookmakers

    Police were last night hunting two men suspected of holding up a Saltaire bookmakers with a hand-gun. The men, who had their faces covered, entered the Betfred shop in Bingley Road shortly after 6.30pm yesterday and demanded cash but made off

  • Thug jailed for attacks on customers at Bingley takeaway

    A man who kicked an unconscious takeaway customer in the head after knocking him down was jailed for 27 months. Christopher Hyatt, 29, went on to punch a teacher in the face when he tried to call the police. Hyatt, of Ash Grove, Cottingley Bridge, Bingley