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  • Bradford City fans split over pink away kit

    City’s new pink away look has certainly divided opinion. A poll on the T&A website showed that fans were split over the club’s change kit for next season – 54 per cent were against it while 46 were in favour. Comments were equally pro and anti. Danstarr69

  • Wardlaw signs for Yorkshire as Lee is released

    Fast bowler Iain Wardlaw has signed a contract with Yorkshire until the end of the 2012 summer. The 26-year-old turned the head of Andrew Gale with his performances for Cleckheaton in the JCT600 Bradford League, where the Yorkshire skipper learnt his

  • Brassington ready for his Ilkley exam

    Kyle Brassington is proving to be a man for all surfaces. Having gone through his French Club League season unbeaten on clay and hard courts in May, the 23-year-old home-town hero has displayed his expertise on grass to qualify for the first round of

  • Special medals in World Summer Games

    The Bradford-Leeds area won three gold medals, two silvers and three bronzes for Great Britain at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens. Golds went to Bradford’s Robert Burnett (team bowls), Menston’s Ben Horner (golf) and Shipley’s Nigel

  • Thornton drawn away in semi-final

    Thornton have been drawn at Copley in the semi-finals of the Towergate Halifax League’s Parish Cup. The other semi-final, also to be played on Sunday, July 17, is Sowerby St Peter’s v Booth.

  • Resilient Yeadon clinch Crowther Cup final berth

    Yeadon hauled themselves back from the brink of defeat to clinch a place in this season’s Solly Sports Crowther Cup final with a nail-biting one-wicket win at Kirkburton yesterday. Yeadon will now play Methley at Liversedge on Monday, August 29 after

  • Pickles the hero as Gomersal win cup thriller

    Greg Pickles smashed a six off the final ball of the match yesterday to earn Gomersal a dramatic three-wicket win over Hanging Heaton and a place in the final of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup. Pickles launched the last delivery from Hanging Heaton

  • Allanby tunes up Bradford City players’ fitness

    City’s fitness guru is already making significant strides, according to Peter Jackson. The Bantams boss accused his team of being too sluggish last season and has vowed to get the players fitter for the new term. He recruited specialist Nick Allanby

  • Bell chimes in with under-20 medal

    Pudsey’s Alexandra Bell won a medal at the Under-23 UK Athletics Championships at Bedford. She clinched a silver in the under-20 women’s 800 metres, finishing behind Rowena Cole (Coventry Godiva Harriers) but immediately ahead of Sarah Kelly (Dundee

  • Wibsey Warriors are Pennine League's team of the year

    Wibsey Warriors’ trophy cabinet received some new additions recently after they were presented with their 2010-11 silverware at the Pennine Rugby League’s annual dinner. As well as collecting the championship and Bradford Cup trophies, the Warriors were

  • Waite is second winner of John Holmes Memorial Award

    Mally Waite, a founder member who helped to build up East Leeds Community Rugby League Club, has become the second recipient of the John Holmes Memorial Award. Waite worked for the club as coach and chairman, and was there again to steer the ship by

  • McNamara powers Steeton into cup semi-finals

    Shane McNamara’s third century of the season saw Steeton to victory over Calverley and booked them a Waddilove Cup semi-final spot against Follifoot. The Aire-Wharfe League rivals were meeting for the second time in two days and once again Calverley

  • Kelsey a hero as Idle shock leaders Lightcliffe

    Idle pulled off one of the surprise results of the season as they defeated Division Two leaders Lightcliffe by one wicket in a thrilling JCT600 Bradford League game. Such an outcome seemed unlikely when Idle plunged to 11-3 in reply to Lightcliffe’s

  • Bradford City line up more trialists

    Two new trialists are hoping to earn their chance with Bradford City. Former Rotherham left back Jamie Green and Scottish goalkeeper Greg Fleming have joined the club for the second week of pre-season. Green, 21, made 66 league appearances

  • Candlelit vigil will mark closure of Manningham pool

    Campaigners fighting the closure of an historic Bradford swimming pool will hold a candlelit vigil to highlight their continuing battle to keep it open. Bradford Council will shut Manning-ham swimming baths, along with Rhodesway pool, in Allerton, on

  • Menston memorial garden for patients opens

    A memorial garden to mark the deaths of almost 3,000 people at a former psychiatric hospital has opened. A total of 2,861 former patients of High Royds were buried in unmarked paupers' graves before a community group, Friends Of High Royds

  • Monday, July 4, 2011

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Peter Henson, aged 40, of Eskine Parade, Woodside; assault, £220 fine, £75 compensation, £100 costs. Sergejs Vasiljevs, aged 30, of Madison Avenue, Holme Wood; assault, £130 fine, £100 costs

  • Battle hits up for Curry Capital of Britain

    Bradford’s curry chefs are sharpening their knives and stocking up their spice racks in a bid to win the title of Curry Capital of Britain. The city is famous for being home to some of the best curry houses in the land and holds the title of England’

  • New children's centres opened in Haworth, Silsden and Ilkley

    Hundreds of children and parents turned out to mark the official openings of three new children’s centres in the district for under-fives. The centres in Haworth, Silsden and Ilkley were opened by Councillor Ralph Berry, Bradford Council’s executive

  • Drugs seized in raids on Otley estate

    A series of police raids designed to disrupt prolific criminals have been hailed a success. About 30 officers executed four warrants on homes on the Weston estate in Otley in a bid to tackle a gang who have been involved in drug dealing, burglaries,

  • Yorkshire missing Rudolph factor

    Forget the Clydesdale Bank 40 and the Friends Life t20 – we can live with disappointments in those competitions. But an improvement in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship is imperative. White Rose followers cannot live with disappointment in that, especially

  • Bradford Council reveals rise in child neglect cases

    Interventions to protect Bradford children from abuse have fallen, but there has been a rise in cases of neglect, latest figures have revealed. Overall, the number of referrals to Bradford Council’s Children’s Social Care Services dipped from 7,447 in

  • Green-fingered pupils get growing

    Pupils at Crossley Hall Primary School, Fairweather Green, Bradford, are growing their own. The youngsters have been hard at work getting down to earth and cultivating their own produce ready to harvest. The pupils held a ceremony to mark the success

  • Firefighters rescue man from roof of Shipley flats

    A man was rescued by firefighters after he became stuck on the roof of a block of flats in Greenfield Avenue, Shipley, last night. A fire crew from Bradford used an aerial ladder to reach the man shortly after 9pm. It is believed he had climbed on to

  • Jackson laughs off Syers rumour

    David Syers has NOT signed for Rangers. Peter Jackson this morning laughed off the internet rumour that City's player of the year was joining the Scottish champions. Jackson said: "I heard about it as well but it's not true. David has

  • Sun and sights a matter of Corsica

    The bull turned its head menacingly slowly, and glared at us, standing rather nervously 50 yards behind him on the narrow coastal path. We had walked for more than an hour to reach an historic watchtower, which was now within our sights – but the impressively-horned

  • Holiday homes price cut as they feel the pinch

    Although the long school holidays have nearly begun, owners of holiday homes around Britain are being forced to slash prices and offer more flexible rentals instead of cashing in on the usual sky-high peak season rates. Alistair Handyside

  • Bradford mum and her four children flee house blaze

    A mother and her four children had to be found alternative accommodation following a fire at their Bradford home. Firefighters were called to Longfield Drive, East Bowling, shortly after 8am on Saturday, where they found a first-floor bedroom alight.

  • Mystery death of forgotten soldier

    The story of a forgotten soldier from Shipley is being pieced together, thanks to old copies of the Telegraph & Argus. Peter Yates has been in touch with details of his research into circumstances surrounding the death of George Motley in Ireland in

  • Memories of a life on the rails

    Old Flames by Granville Dobson Caroline Branigan, £13.99 Granville Dobson can remember the day he fell in love with steam trains as if it was yesterday. It was just after the Second World War, when ten-year-old Granville was taken

  • Midlands date for Stage 84 in bid for success

    Next week, members of Stage 84 will travel to Birmingham to perform in the National Festival For Music For Youth. The Idle theatre school has reached the national final of the festival, which takes place on Wednesday at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

  • Discovering the reel Mark Radcliffe

    Mark Radcliffe is perhaps best-known as a radio presenter with an encyclopedic knowledge of music from the past half-century. For several years, he presented shows on Radio 1 alongside Marc ‘Lard’ Riley and has since had numerous shows on Radio 2. He

  • Chairman of Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale bids farewell

    The long-standing chairman of a charity which helps those affected by cancer in the Bradford and Airedale district has retired. Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale has bid farewell to Sir James Hill, who has stood down from the charity’s board

  • Hills come alive in touring version

    Bradford’s Paper Zoo Theatre Company is touring Dennis Potter’s Blue Remembered Hills around the region. Last night it was performed at Bradford Cathedral, and there will be more local dates to follow. Directed by Julia O’Keeffe, Blue Remembered Hills

  • Sweet peas are scent to please

    The myriad colours and delicious scent of the sweet pea have made this popular annual as synonymous with the summer cottage garden as the English rose. These easy-to-grow climbers are at home in borders, weaving their way up wigwams and obelisks or scrambling

  • Musicians in link-up with Italy

    Students from the Yamaha Music School in Saltaire will be joined by young musicians from Italy for a concert this month. The Italian students are coming to Bradford on an exchange trip with the music school and will be taking part in a music workshop

  • 26 lives saved after Bradford donors answer plea for organs

    Twenty six lives have been saved after a record number of people agreed to donate their organs after death in Bradford following an urgent appeal by health chiefs. In the last year the organs of nine people who died at Bradford Royal Infirmary

  • Nice guys shouldn’t finish last!

    I’ve often wondered why I haven’t made millions, why I haven’t got a fabulous country house and a second home in Provence, and why I don’t travel everywhere by private jet. Now, I think I know why – I’m too nice. Not that I’m brimming over with niceness

  • Coming to terms with dementia

    By the end of the next decade, a million people will be living with dementia. By 2015, that figure is expected to soar to 1.7 million. These are statistics you may have read before. We know more about dementia than we did a decade ago; no longer is it

  • Saturday, July 2, 2011

    25 years ago: Crucial talks were taking place today over a proposed £36 million super modern warehouse at Listerhills. 50 years ago: A total of 660 representatives were gathering at Eastbrook Hall, Bradford, for the opening of Methodist Conference --

  • True grit of snow patrol is welcome

    With summer sunshine (occasionally) to look forward to, it seems strange to be focussing on the issue of disruption caused by snow and the levels of salt and grit on our roads. But it is an extremely important issue for this district, and the Council

  • Leeds-Bradford launches New York flights

    Budget airline Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, based at Leeds Bradford International Airport, will be offering the county’s only direct flights to New York this winter. The airline has said in the seven weeks since the flights were launched, more than half

  • Monday, July 4, 2011

    25 years ago: A unique project is saving the lives of tiny premature babies at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Doctors have set up a computer which helps the babies breath by controlling the amount of oxygen they take in. 50 years ago: Structural damage and

  • The vital role of organ donation

    The news that a record number of people donated organs after their death in Bradford meant that 26 people’s lives were saved, figures revealed today have shown. But the actual number of donations still remains relatively low, with those figures representing

  • Bring souk to Bradford

    SIR – It’s difficult to avoid being negative over the Westfield debacle, but perhaps it’s time for a radically positive approach. Westfield’s bog-standard, concrete and glass shopping arcade would make Bradford no different from other places, so why

  • Time for rail change

    SIR – I see that Keiran Preston of the Leeds City Region has said “That the Government needs to invest more in the railways” (T&A, June 29). He gives reasons for this, which may be founded or unfounded. However, it seems to have been forgotten that

  • Comments misguided

    SIR –‘Equal pay for equal work’ has been a campaign slogan for many years. Recent statements by a local MP demand we restate the justice of the slogan. Philip Davis MP appeared to imply that a disability entailed a lesser work value is offered by disabled

  • Everyone should be equal in the workplace

    SIR – I am writing to you regarding the letter from Alan Chapman (T&A, June 27), in which he defends the idea by Philip Davies MP that the disabled should be allowed to work for less than anyone else. Mr Chapman referred to people with disabilities as

  • A sign of the times

    SIR – Returning to Bradford recently after a day out, I had to cross from Hall Ings to Leeds Road, which is a very pleasant walk, passing the Leeds Road steps to Bradford Crown Courts. What a sorry sight met my eyes when, on glancing up, I saw the remains

  • Rat-running solution

    SIR – The latest Council proposals are not the ultimate panacea, as traffic will only be slowed and will continue to increase, as now, with far more commercial and heavier vehicles through the rat-runs. We don’t want traffic calming, we want traffic-free

  • Potter offers no case for Bradford Bulls defence

    A defensive horror show left Mick Potter speechless after his Bulls were beaten by 12-man Catalan Dragons. The French side played almost half the match without David Ferriol, who saw red for a high shot on James Donaldson, but still clinched two points

  • Lives will be saved

    SIR – Further to A McNally’s letter Don’t risk young lives (T&A, June 30), it is understandable why he or she believes that retaining the local children’s heart unit in Leeds would be advantageous. However, a large number of specialist centres means

  • A selective memory

    SIR – Mr Fieldhouse’s trip down an industrial memory lane (Letters, June 27) is such a sad whine. No-one was more critical of the Thatcher Government than I was, but to blame the demise of manufacturing in the Eighties on the Government alone without

  • No party affiliation

    SIR – I am writing regarding the letter from Emmerson Walgrove in the (T&A, 29 June). Mr Walgrove makes the fatuous statement that those on strike this Thursday are the ‘paymasters’ of Labour councillors. Does he assume that the four striking unions

  • Don’t quit pleasures

    SIR – Every stage of life has its advantages and disadvantages, but I fear that old age has more of the latter. There are compensations, of course – grandchildren, not having to get up early for work and not being bullied into doing things one doesn’

  • Speed problems need a solution

    SIR – I felt I had to write in with my support to Odele Ayres’s campaign to reduce speeding traffic on Bradford Road. I live just off this road (further up towards Five Lane Ends) and cannot believe the horrendous speeds at which the majority of people

  • Man, 22, 'serious' after knife attack in city centre

    A 22-year-old man remained in a serious condition in hospital last night after he suffered knife wounds in an attack in Bradford city cente. Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Ivegate shortly before 4am on Saturday where they found

  • Education cuts 'hit interpreters in Bradford schools'

    Tighter school budgets are causing greater challenges to schools where significant numbers of pupils speak English as a second language, it is claimed. Ian Murch, Bradford branch secretary for the National Union of Teachers, said some schools

  • Bradford City switch giving Mitchell new buzz

    New City capture Chris Mitchell admitted he had grown bored with football north of the border. The versatile defender is relishing the fresh challenge as he prepares for his first full week of training at the club. Mitchell, capped at under-21 level

  • Leeds-Bradford Airport expansion plans outlined

    A director of Leeds-Bradford International Airport will spell out plans for its future growth at the Bradford Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting and networking lunch next month. Bradford businesses have been invited to the get together to celebrate

  • MPs sign up to save heart unit

    MPs across the Yorkshire region gathered outside Westminster to add their names to a letter to Safe and Sustainable, the children’s heart surgery review panel, challenging the review process to date and outlining the case to keep the Leeds surgery

  • Leeds United defender Kisnorbo could be a wanted man

    Crystal Palace have been linked with a move for Patrick Kisnorbo, who was due to return to pre-season training with Leeds today. United boss Simon Grayson is backing the Australian central defender to start the new campaign after missing all but the

  • Menzies shows Bradford Bulls what they are missing

    Bradford Bulls 28, Catalan Dragons 34 If only Steve Menzies were still a Bull. ‘Beaver’ may be 38 but he still possesses the kind of class and composure any team would kill for. While the Bulls spent much of the 80 minutes running around like headless