Today's Priestley Cup and Shield results. Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup, second round: (*denotes home side): Cleckheaton 183-6 (I Nicholson 41, M Nicholson 37), *Hartshead Moor 114; Windhill 111-9 (M Patel 31), Manningham Mills 112-5 (I Khalid
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon has admitted he is concerned about the form of his bowlers following a second day of domination for Sussex in the LV= County Championship. This is after the Tykes closed on 21-0 at Hove in reply to their hosts
Budding fashion stars of the future were crowned in the grand final of the Telegraph & Argus Modelsearch competition today. Eight young and talented aspiring models won prizes during the competition at the Kirkgate Shopping Centre in Bradford
Wharfedale have attracted a top speaker for their sportsmans’ dinner on Friday, June 17 – former Scottish and British Lions full back Andy Irvine. The function is even more important this year as the Rugby Football Union have not only cut funding altogether
Bradford’s Georgina Roberts (Darlington Mowden Park) has been named at centre in the England women’s elite playing squad (EPS) for the 2011-2012 season. Roberts recently helped England A win the Nations Cup in Spain.
Former Wharfedale prop Peter Altham (Fylde) was part of the Lancashire team that completed a hat-trick of Bill Beaumont Cups (County Championship), and a record 21st title into the bargain, by defeating Hertfordshire 32-23 in the final at Twickenham.
Otley winger Curtis Wilson – a season-long loanee from Leeds Carnegie – has been named in the England Counties XV squad to tour Spain from June 1-12. He joins Wharfedale skipper Rob Baldwin, formerly of Otley, in the 26-strong party. The England Counties
Sussex declared on a mammoth 548-4 in their LV= County Championship match against Yorkshire at Hove. By tea on day two the Tykes had reached 17-0 in their reply, leaving them 531 runs behind the hosts. Joe Sayers and Joe Root were unbeaten on five apiece
Guiseley manager Steve Kittrick insists his team won more than just the West Riding County Cup in the season just gone. The Lions won the cup at Valley Parade against local rivals Thackley, and came within 11 minutes of winning promotion to the highest
Disabled people and their families have mounted a campaign to try to save their “lifeline” day centre. Bradford Council’s adult services department is facing budget cuts of more than £9 million in 2011/12 and bosses want to axe Whetley Hill
Champion Soccer have organising new adult six-a-side leagues at St Mary's School, Menston on their new state-of-the-art pitch. Over 30 teams are already playing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and the leagues are FA registered and professionally organised
The Rugby Football League are on the lookout for clubs to compete in their new Yorkshire Regional League. The new competition will start next March after an interim season from September to November this year. It will feature a Premier League with
Ian Banks is hoping the football authorities set some ground rules before the new season gets underway. Former Bantams player and assistant manager Banks is at the helm at Eccleshill United now and his last campaign suffered from an FA directive. The
Sussex continued to pile on the runs during the morning session on day two of their LV= County Championship match against Yorkshire. By lunch at Hove they had reached 411-3, having resumed on 295-2, with the only wicket to fall during 32 overs of play
25 years ago: Workers ran for their lives as fire swept through a Bradford warehouse. Flames shot hundreds of feet into the air and masses of black smoke billowed from the warehouse belonging to Bannon and Ward Ltd, of Dick Lane. 50 years
Bradford Council has had to make some tough decisions on the back of finding £30m savings as part of its cuts package. But the decision to close Manningham Baths has been one that has caused major anger and frustration. Two issues have been at the forefront
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: construction of first floor extension over existing converted garage including Juliet balconies to front and rear, 23 Jonathon Garth. Addingham: non-material amendment
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Nathan Damien Ruff, aged 23, of Green End, Clayton; drink-driving, taking a car without the owners consent, 12 months’ community order with electronic monitoring and four months’ curfew, 200
Firefighters were called to rescue a suspected car thief who climbed on to a house roof and refused to come down. The man scaled the chimney stack of a house in Avondale Road, Shipley, following a police chase at about 12.15am today.
Whether Yorkshire win the forthcoming Friends Life t20 competition or not, Adil Rashid is off to the Champions League. The 23-year-old leg-spinning all-rounder from Bradford knows that his place in one of cricket’s most high-profile tournaments is secure
A suspected “lynx” spotted in Shipley could be the missing pet of a woman whose large cat went missing over Christmas. Sarah Thompson, of Bingley, said her cat, a North American Maine Coon, is about a metre-and-a-half long and has long hair, similar
Bradford Council has agreed to take an in-depth look at the impact of closing a historic swimming baths, according to campaigners. The Victorian Society, which values the Grade II-listed Manningham baths for its Edwardian architecture, said
A chaplaincy service, giving support to victims of crime and relatives of defendants, has started at Bradford Crown Court. The Bradford Court Chaplaincy Service was already in place at the city’s magistrates and coroner’s courts but has now been extended
An all-night ‘mash-up’ of performances based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the events taking place as part of Solamatik, a major arts and music festival. The festival is based in Bradford, and events will be taking place across West and North
There’s a recession on, costs are rising, I’m permanently broke, and I’ve got a growing family to care for. No, I haven’t defied the odds and had another baby. But our lodgers have, meaning we have dozens of extra mouths to feed and look after every
Girls aged 12 to 18 are being reminded to have the full course of HPV jabs to fully protect themselves against cervical cancer for years to come. All girls are being offered the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination, which protects against the two
Lee St Hilaire admits revenge was on the Bulls’ minds as they snapped their six-game Super League winless streak by beating Salford. Memories of a 56-16 drubbing at the Willows last month were used as added motivation to pick up two crucial points.
City hope to get the wheels rolling on a financial recovery with a little help from their Friends. An independently-formed group of fund-raisers, called the Friends of Bradford City, have been set up with the goal to swell the club’s coffers
City centre retailers are putting their weight behind a bid to turn the area into an enterprise zone. Becoming an enterprise zone will kickstart £1 billion of city centre projects and create more than 5,000 jobs, say Bradford Council’s regeneration
Detectives have released this e-fit of a man they are hunting after a teenage student was allegedly sexually assaulted in a Bradford park. The 17-year-old victim was walking on a path through Horton Park to Bradford College, after being dropped off by
Bradford Bulls 28, Salford City Reds 14 The wait is over. After six games and 56 days, the Bulls finally picked up their fifth win of the Super League campaign, snapping a miserable barren streak. Fitting too that it should come against
