Yorkshire and Hampshire played out a dull LV= County Championship draw – even though records tumbled on day four at the Rose Bowl. Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie shared a staggering 523 runs over 136 overs for the third wicket of the home side’s
After three straight victories by his team, Guiseley manager Steve Kittrick is looking forward to tomorrow’s visit of Blue Square Bet Premier Division side Gateshead. The Lions boss said: “They will be a good side this season but they didn
Otley Town are encouraging players old and new to join their under-15s team ahead of the new season. The club are holding a series of training sessions on Saturday mornings at the Old Showfield and are inviting anyone interested to attend. Vice-chairman
Bingley’s Darryl Berry returns to the Bradford side for their crunch match with neighbours Leeds at Horsforth on Sunday. Victory is vital for Tim Wade’s side if they are to retain the Yorkshire Inter-District title. Bradford are currently third, two
Salthorn WMC are hoping to clean up at their fundraiser tomorrow and complete the installation of new shower facilities. Players are currently unable to wash at the Victoria Park ground, a problem which also prevents teams from using the clubhouse after
Bradford Park Avenue owner Bob Blackburn has confirmed that the club’s board provided the budget for manager John Deacey to recruit all the players he wanted to sign. There have been a lot of new faces filing in and out of the dressing room during the
Running log Paul Sowden was delighted to complete the Bob Graham Round, the ultimate fell-running challenge. It features 66 miles over 42 Lakeland summits, climbing 28,500 feet – but it has to be done in 24 hours and the Ilkley Harrier achieved the
Brighouse Town’s pre-season fell apart in their last two friendlies but that has not dampened the enthusiasm within the club ahead of tomorrow’s opening league fixture. The Hove Edge outfit had a bright start to their last campaign but dropped off the
Two years after almost giving up the sport because her coach had left Heaton Tennis & Squash Club, Sophie Paul is targeting a gold medal in the 2013 Deaflympics in Athens. The 14-year-old Hanson School pupil has already competed in the National Championships
The final friendly at Dennyfield ended in defeat for Thackley but it did not take anything away from a promising pre-season campaign. The Dennyboys had mixed results in their warm-up games but have settled well under new manager Vince Brockie. Tuesday
Wibsey Lions Football Club have made a roaring start since their recent formation. The club held their first training session last month with the aim of providing free football coaching for children aged four to ten and they are already boasting 40-50
Tony Blain has played in 11 Test matches and many big games during his long career but currently his focus is on an entirely different challenge. On Sunday the former New Zealand player is in the Gomersal second team that takes on Pudsey St Lawrence
Ambitious Yorkshire Division One Ilkley have signed two former Bradford & Bingley players – winger Mark Kirkby and second row Steve Burns. Ilkley, who have a new £1.8m clubhouse, have also signed Bradford Salem forward Steve Dagg.
Having seen their slim chance of retaining the Aire-Wharfe League championship disappear, Burley skipper Mark Harrison says his side are determined to keep a firm grip on the Waddilove Cup. Last year’s double winners meet Follifoot at Colton tomorrow
Yorkshire had still not taken a wicket by tea today as Hampshire batsmen Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie march on relentlessly. The only possible outcome of this LV= County Championship match at the Rose Bowl is a draw. Carberry and McKenzie had
Wharfedale, who have announced six more signings, are in the happy position of having at least two players for every position. Head coach Tom McGee said: “We have three or four more players going through the administration process, so we don
Welsh defensive coach Shaun Edwards is returning to Bradford & Bingley to front a coaching seminar. Wasps’ head coach, who previously did a session at Wagon Lane in October, 2009, will be at the Bees on Wednesday, November 2 (6.45), and the
Bulls duo Matt Diskin and Nick Scruton were guests of honour at West Bowling this week. The forward pair dropped in to lend a hand at the club’s three-day summer camp, which was hosted by the Bradford amateur club. A series of camps are running throughout
Beth Latham’s exploits in the European Junior Canoe Slalom Championships at Banja Luka showed what a precision sport it is. The 18-year-old from Cononley touched a gate in the final on the Bosnian course and the two-second time penalty (115.20sec
With just over a week to go before their first pre-season game at home to Scottish Premiership Division One side Currie, Otley have announced their second batch of signings. They include Old Crossleyans’ Kiwi open-side flanker Daniel Temm, Wharfedale
The Spen Valley League could be facing an uncertain start to their season as four clubs are yet to be affiliated ahead of the new campaign. A letter from the West Riding FA highlighting the issue has prompted league secretary Mavis Ward to contact the
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Abdul Azeem Rashid, aged 39, of Oaklands, Shipley; speeding, £60 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Parmjit Singh, aged 33, of Baring Avenue, Bradford Moor; driving without insurance, £525
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Menston: single-storey rear extension, 9 Otley Road. Menston: change position of windows in existing bedroom, single-storey studio to rear with associated patio, Lime Tree Cottage
Yorkshire have failed to take a wicket during the fourth morning session of their LV= County Championship match against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. The match is meandering towards a draw as the hosts close in on the White Rose’s first-innings score of
The first cup final of the Mewies Solicitors Craven League takes place on Sunday when Little Marsden take on Embsay Seconds at Cowling in, appropriately, the Cowling Cup final. Little Marsden, who could loosely be described as an off-shoot of the great
Yorkshire Water says it has done everything it can “as a gesture of goodwill” to help residents beset by problems with their private water supply pipe. People living in a street in Oxenhope, near Keighley, were left with little or no running water earlier
Airedale General Hospital has been named as one of the country’s top 40 hospitals in an independent survey. Bosses at the Steeton hospital have expressed their delight at receiving the award from CHKS, which provides healthcare intelligence and quality
A Bradford musician has been awarded more than £16,000 to compose an open-air choral spectacular celebrating the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, along with Arts Council England, the UK Arts Councils and the British
Campaigners are calling for an urgent safety overhaul at an accident blackspot after a motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. Baildon residents, councillors and Shipley MP Philip Davies had been discussing what could
A volunteer who works tirelessly to help others at a Bradford community centre is among nominees in an awards scheme run by the Telegraph & Argus. Graham Ball, vice-chairman of Lower Grange Community Association, helps ensure Lower Grange Community Centre
SIR – What a despicable crime to steal from a young bride on her wedding day (T&A, July 26). Some sustenance can be gained by remembering the oft-repeated line in the Koran, ‘Allah hears all and sees all’. How low will some people stoop? Iain Morris,
SIR – On July 27, a team of workmen called in to do some work in my rear garden. What a great set of workmen, with such pride as they got on with the job in hand. Team leader Andy Meeks did a great job of workmanship. Quite often we have our moans
Bradford-based online travel specialist Redfern Travel has secured a deal to become the first company to offer accommodation from international hotel room provider LateRooms.com. Key to winning the deal was Redfern’s award-winning online booking system
Surgeons have been battling to save the savaged arms of a 61-year-old woman who suffered horrific injuries in a dog attack. Neighbours yesterday gave harrowing accounts of hearing victim Linda Woodall’s screams as she was attacked by her pregnant
The Bulls are well aware there’s no rest for the wicked. Despite a 13-day break from Super League action, there has been no pause in the players’ gruelling training schedule. After the embarrassing 64-6 defeat at Warrington last week, boss Mick Potter
SIR – Well said, Bob Watson, in your letter (T&A, July 25), re saving our Odeon. It is not too late for our “wonderful” Council to pull its finger out, and do something for the many voters who expect their voices to be heard. Do not demolish it, but
SIR – Bruce Barnes said in the T&A (November 1) that he was disapointed that the Council did not publish the get-fit-for-summer discounts in Council pools and saunas at the Manningham pool. If there is doubt that any facility is to remain open is it
SIR – On opening my weekly TV guide I spotted a column by a so-called TV critic. This review was to do with Only Fools And Horses (pictured). This gentleman blathers on and states that “people have been brain-washed into thinking it’s funny”. Here we
SIR – Regarding the photograph and feature that refers to the police-officer who parked illegally outside a fish shop (T&A, July 27). Perhaps when this secret cameraman has overcome the public pride he must feel, I suggest that he now takes his camera
SIR – My son has had to take his car off the road due to an insurance quote of £1,300-plus on a Fiesta with a 51 number plate. Admittedly he lives in the Manningham area near Lister Park, which insurance companies have decreed as an insurance blackspot
As I have mentioned in previous columns, and as some of my correspondents accuse me of in the same way that they might discuss witchcraft, I hail from the other side of the country, Lancashire to be general, Wigan to be precise. You may have heard Wiganers
25 years ago: A pressure group fighting aircraft noise at Leeds-Bradford Airport measured Concorde at 118 decibels. 50 years ago: About 20 people in Bradford had already responded to the Home Secretary’s appeal to hand in firearms to the police.
September 5 is the day a lot of parents will be looking forward to: that’s the day their children are due back at school. For the majority of parents, the forthcoming start to the new school year is not problematic. but for others, hoping their children
A parade of 200 vintage vehicles, including more than a dozen from Bradford, will be travelling through the city this weekend. Steam wagons, buses, lorries, vans and military vehicles are to take part in the 43rd Trans Pennine Run from Heywood
Anti-social behaviour caused by louts in the city centre drinking in the streets is a problem often raised in our cities in general and for Bradford in particular. A quick trawl through any online forum or comments about the city will soon
A purge on street drinkers has led one to be banned from parts of Bradford city centre for three years after magistrates imposed an Anti-Social Behaviour Order. Dean Hale’s behaviour was found to have caused or been likely to cause harassment
Skipper Guy Branston won’t tolerate a lack of effort – and doesn’t expect City’s fans to either. The no-nonsense centre back has been quick to lay down the law ahead of tomorrow’s season opener against Aldershot and wants nothing less than
A man of 22 was in hospital last night after he was shot in his abdomen in a Bradford street. Police were called after the victim, named locally as Quram Saleem, attended hospital suffering injuries which police said were “consistent with a
A Bradford woman who caused an horrific motorway accident has been spared jail after her passenger – who was paralysed from the neck down – asked the judge to show mercy. Mother-of-three Zoe Broadbent faced a prison sentence after pleading guilty to
BRADFORD CITY AA Shipton Lake, Staveley Lakes and Oakwood Lakes are continuing to produce good nets of carp, roach, bream and silver fish. The River Ure at Lower Dunsforth is also fishing well for roach, perch and chublets. The best method is long-range
Loan signing Liam Moore could make his City stay a season-long affair. The Leicester defender has initially joined for a month but Peter Jackson is keen to keep him for the full campaign, if he impresses. Moore caught Jackson’s eye while playing for
The time for excuses has passed. When Peter Jackson leads his City team out against Aldershot tomorrow, he knows the buck stops with him. It’s all change since last season, when Jackson took on the thankless task of interim manager, inheriting
Court action is being sought by Bradford Council to remove two groups of travellers from illegal encampments in the city. Vehicles and caravans have moved on to a pay and display car park in Burnett Street, Little Germany, and on Odsal village green,
