Salem Athletic are the new holders of the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League’s H Broadbent Trophy after they defeated BPR by 50 runs in the final at Mayfield yesterday. Salem elected to bat and, after losing a couple of early wickets,
The Bumbles Bee Barbarians, who only played their first game last August, have chalked up another important milestone when their efforts – and those of the team of RFU supporters who have been behind them – were formally recognised. That
Tributes have been paid to the former priest in charge of Wilsden, Harden and Denholme, who has died aged 64. The Reverend Roger Brooks was in charge of the joint parish of St Matthew’s in Wilsden and St Saviour’s in Harden, as well as St Paul’s, now
Four of the local semi-pro clubs will be hoping for action tomorrow night after one was thwarted in their final friendly tonight. Brighouse Town were due to travel to Askern Villa today but they got a call from their opponents mid- afternoon informing
The deadly combination of man of the match, spinner Joshua Addy (5-8) and Dillon Birkett (3-12) proved too much for Wilsden in the Upper Airedale Junior League’s Barritt Stephenson Cup final for under-11s. They restricted Wilsden to 53-8 and Cullingworth
A drive to get a hard-hitting message across to young people about the dangers of gun, drug and knife crime has started across the Bradford district. Young people have been invited to two events highlighting how using weapons and drugs can
By the end of this month Bradford Cathedral will be the first cathedral in the country, if not the world, to generate its own power by means of solar roof panels. Permission for the £50,000 installation in the South Aisle roof of the Grade 1 listed building
Staff at the National Media Museum have been spotted litter-picking in Bradford city centre after getting a bit of inspiration from the original eco-warriors – The Wombles. The museum is highlighting the adventures of The Wombles this week
The West Riding County Amateur League will kick off their season on Wednesday, August 17 with a full fixture list in Premier Division and Division One, along with selected fixtures in Division Two. The Premier Division has been reduced to 14 teams, following
The West Riding County Cup draw has failed to throw up any derby clashes, despite the plethora of non-league sides in and around the Bradford area. The most prestigious competition for local semi-professional clubs sees Blue Square Bet North outfit Guiseley
Gomersal may have lost the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup final by 45 runs yesterday but they played a full part in an excellent contest against Shepley at Spen Victoria on a day when the beer and the burgers ran out such was the size of the crowd. Always
Bradford’s Team Fulinkazan Mixed Martial Arts took four fighters to the MAX 8 (Martial Arts Xtreme) event at Wesleys Night club in Pudsey. Matty Byrne took on taekwondo black belt Carl Saunders from Leeds MMA, who managed to control the fight on the
Celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager revealed the official Yorkshire Sausage to the world as part of Bradford district’s Yorkshire Day celebrations. The presenter of reality TV show Ladette To Lady unveiled the region’s latest delicacy on the steps of Ilkley
Director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon is confident Yorkshire’s season will improve after Sunday’s Clydesdale Bank 40 horror show against the Netherlands. Their Dutch disaster was the worst possible preparation for tomorrow's crucial LV= County
Pre-race favourite and defending champion Paul Evennett was an easy winner of the 109th Bradford Walk over five laps of Baildon Moor on Sunday. Evennett used the race race as part of his preparations for the National 50 kilometre championship
The Bulls have confirmed Patrick Ah Van will leave the club at the end of the season. As reported in the Telegraph & Argus last week, the Kiwi three-quarter has not been offered a new deal for 2012. Ah Van arrived from New Zealand Warriors
JCT600 Bradford League Division Two Leaders Saltaire took another step towards the title as they defeated their closest challengers Lightcliffe by five wickets. The decision to re-sign opening bowler Mansha Khan from Craven League side Haworth
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: East Morton: division of existing detached house into two separate dwelling houses, Fieldhead House, 9 Highfield Close. Eldwick: demolition of existing porch and construction
The leader of Bradford Council has hit back at critical reports by social charities which he claims only add to Bradford’s problems rather than solving them. Councillor Ian Greenwood’s comments come in the wake of research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
A couple who helped create a fundraising walk in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support have been honoured with the charity’s most prestigious volunteer award. Jim and Margaret Thornber have been heavily involved with the Shipley Stride – which has raised £130,000
A grieving grandmother is launching a petition to protect quad bike riders from devastating head injuries. Pam Teale said she did not want her 16-year-old grandson Jake Leahy – who was killed after a horrific crash riding a quad bike without
Anthony McGrath column The cliche of concentrating on your own game is very true. But as the end of the season gets closer, you have to be more and more aware of what other teams around you are doing. With that in mind, our situation in the County
A new TV comedy starring Jane Horrocks was originally set in Bradford, where the show’s creator is from. Trollied, which starts on Sky1 this week, is set in a fictional northern supermarket called Valco. The eight-part series stars Horrocks
Three Bradford men, who wanted to raise £1 million in a year to re-build four flood-hit villages in Pakistan, have reached their target. Friends Councillor Rizwan Malik (Lab, Heaton), overseas property manager Tariq Hussain and community service officer
A mum has started a petition calling for Bradford Council’s school admissions procedure to be better at detecting fraud. Julie Brown, who unsuccessfully applied for a place for her five-year-old son Lewis at three primary schools in Thackley
Thousands of people are joining a campaign on social networking website Facebook calling for the so-called Bradford Jesus Man to become an Olympic torch bearer. The group hopes to put the city on the map by nominating Geoffrey Brindley, also
Su Pollard was the first – and possibly only – woman to sing Ava Maria in hotpants in a working men’s club. On Opportunity Knocks she sang I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No, and came runner-up to a performing dog. So when she says she
It used to get on my nerves when my dad spouted on about Yorkshire. I couldn’t understand why he felt so incensed when, in the 1970s, his birthplace town of Middlesbrough was placed in the newly-created county of Cleveland. ‘Does it really matter?’ I
There were trophies a-plenty at the Wharfedale Festival of Theatre’s Oscars-style awards evening. This year’s festival attracted 29 productions from venues such as Skipton Little Theatre. Awards were presented at a ceremony at St Mary’s School, Menston
SIR – RE your story on the Council’s offer of get-fit-for-summer discounts on Council pools and saunas (T&A Wednesday 20 July). I wish I had known about this special offer sooner, especially as the pool and sauna discount hasn’t been publicised at Manningham
Bingley Amateur Operatic Society has made a donation from its production of Guys And Dolls to children’s cancer charity Candlelighters. The society presented Guys And Dolls last year, and Aladdin in March this year. Members have already started rehearsals
The calm, sun-flecked waters of the Red Sea looked inviting as I zipped up my wetsuit, snapped on mask and fins, and clambered over the edge of the boat. Balancing on the last rung of the ladder, I took a deep breath and jumped, landing with a
The Bradford Players are holding auditions for their 2012 production of 42nd Street. Set in 1933, the musical tells the tale of a no-nonsense producer, a young hopeful, a veteran leading lady and her sugar daddy and a talented chorus of energetic tap
SIR – As one who uses Morrisons at Victoria Shopping Centre at least twice a week, as do hundreds of shoppers, I find it almost impossible to exit the car park into Thornton Road late afternoon. Motorists wishing to travel up Girlington Road usually
SIR – Keith Thomson spoiled his column last week with a rather spurious comment on the possible raising of the motorway speed limit to 80mph by saying that those who disobey the current 70mph will drive even faster. I am sure the offenders will not
It was a good feeling to be following in the footsteps of one of our greatest artists. We had gone for a walk at Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, and discovered that the spectacular escarpment once inspired the English landscape and marine artist JW Turner
SIR – The EDL have been struggling to distance themselves from the evil actions of Anders Behring Breivik in Norway. They are making it clear that they should not be implicated or associated in any way with this man's henious actions, since they have
SIR – I read with utter dismay about Bradford Council’s decision to demolish the former Great Northern Railway goods shed at Denholme. Bradford has been lamblasted by the rest of the country for its destruction of its past. Surely Bradford’s strengths
SIR – It is sad that a local Conservative MP is calling for the break up of what is presently a Labour led City of Bradford Metropolitan District, by far the largest metropolitan authority in Yorkshire after Leeds and Sheffield and the fourth largest
SIR – Professor David Sharpe OBE, director of the district’s burns unit and the man who led the surgical response to the Bradford City fire disaster, has been given an honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Bradford (T&A, July 21).
SIR – Our local MP, Philip Davies, has managed to be both right and wrong in the same debate (T&A, July 28). He is entirely right to oppose the nonsensical High Speed 2 train proposal. There is no business case now, nor ever will be, for what is just
Health chiefs in the Bradford district will this week announce a major cuts package which will cost jobs and services. Health improvement services run by NHS Bradford and Airedale are understood to bear the brunt with between 40 to 60 per cent of community
Members of Ilkley Upstagers have been treading the boards at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. They performed at the Billy Youth Theatre West End Gala, involving a selection of amateur groups from around the country. Seth Clark, seven, lifted the curtain
SIR – Re your front page headlline ‘Angry van man chased after ambulance’ (T&A, July 16). I could not believe the comments of the recorder of Bradford, “At 46, you made a stupid mistake”. Mistake? Don’t make me laugh. This was a deliberate act of
SIR – It is enlightening to learn that Councillor John Cole and his colleagues are fully committed to improving traffic-flow on all our major commuter routes (Letters, July 26). Clearly, we can now look forward to the immediate removal of all those largely-unused
SIR – Due to escalating insurance costs, Shabir Munir of the Bradford Hackney Drivers’ Association says that unless drivers work 20 hours a day they barely make enough to live on (T&A, July 23). That is as maybe but a lot of people are in the same boat
SIR – Your letter from a solicitor (T&A, July 25) cries crocodile tears. The Government has not published proposals designed to make accident victims pay legal costs out of their compensation – they just say that. The real reason for the proposals
SIR – In my younger days, I spent many a happy hour at Manningham Pool taking life saving certificates and training for my competitive swimming. Despite these fond memories, I ask has the time come to accept that the pool has to close? I read in the
You may have packed your suitcases and sorted out your flights in preparation for your two-week summer holiday – but what about the garden? So many gardeners see all their work go to pot when they are away from home in the summer, as containers dry
Fake ID cards and borrowed driving licences used by underage drinkers and smokers are being confiscated by businesses and handed over to police. Officers in Ilkley say drivers could find themselves off the road if they let under-age drinkers borrow their
Submarine (Cert 15, 83 mins, Optimum Home Entertain-ment). Starring Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Gemma Chan **** Schoolboy Oliver Tate (Roberts) is a dreamer determined to lose his virginity to spirited
Curse The Bells, by Doug Wakeling (minipublishing) When it comes to tracing family history, we often hope to unearth some adventure and intrigue, or someone whose courage and spirit we can be proud of. Doug Wakeling discovered all of
Mary-Jess Leaverland – Shine (Decca) **** Last year, Brit Mary-Jess achieved the feat of winning the Chinese equivalent of The X-Factor watched by 70 million people. Her debut album showcases her fluency in both English and Mandarin, in a contemporary
25 years ago: Concorde was coming to Leeds-Bradford Airport, and 60,000 people were expected to greet it. 50 years ago: Skipton Urban Council had virtually no land left for residential development except space available for 13 houses on Sod Hill Estate
Bulls boss Mick Potter will not let his players forget about their Warrington debacle any time soon. Bradford head into a weekend off on the back of a 64-6 demolition at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and Potter is not about to let his team put
Villagers will throw open their doors for musicians and bands to perform for the first event of its kind during the ten-day Saltaire Festival next month. The Live Lounges will see artists playing various genres of music live from people’s living rooms
For nearly 30 years, the Pudsey Roller was a big draw for children. Youngsters would play on the old steam roller from 1959, when it was first installed in Pudsey Park, to 1990, when it was removed. Now, the Friends of Pudsey Roller are trying to
The Government has announced an independent review of care for the elderly, following the exposure on BBC TV of treatment of patients at a private hospital in Bristol. The findings of the review are expected to be part of a Government White Paper on
25 years ago: A massive plan to bring Bradford city centre back to life was unveiled by Bradford Council. Traffic was to be banned from an area of the city centre and streets paved to attract more shoppers. 50 years ago: 22 people were taken to Bradford
It is all too easy to stereotype our young people into a certain image and always expect the worst from them. Constant stories of anti-social behaviour and gang culture fuel this view, which is at the very least over-exaggerated. There
There is no doubt that cuts had to be made to our public services; the main debate has been about how savage they should be. But much has been made of protecting health services, with the Government claiming they would be safe from the worst of the cuts
Aldershot are in City’s sights after an encouraging end to their pre-season preparations. Peter Jackson’s side lost 3-1 in their final friendly against Carlisle but provided the Valley Parade faithful with plenty to applaud, particularly during an impressive
Warrington Wolves 64, Bradford Bulls 6 So much for another upset. Hopes that had been raised so spectacularly by a 36-0 win over Huddersfield were dashed just as emphatically by a brutal, merciless Warrington side. Rather than being the rule, the Bulls
