Flamenco and rock ‘n’ roll were among the dance styles being tried out today by more than 200 people at a foot-tapping fundraiser in Saltaire. The 35th Day of Dance raised funds for Oxfam, the Yorkshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND
Craig Fagan's first goal for 19 months clinched Phil Parkinson's first win as City's ten men claimed a gutsy success against Torquay. The Bantams played three quarters of the game a man short after Andrew Davies was harshly sent off. But Fagan scored
The bloody history of Bible translation and publication was explored in a lecture at Bradford Cathedral by broadcaster and author Lord Melvyn Bragg. He spoke to an audience of about 100 guests, including Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Dr
Pupils at a Bradford primary school enjoyed a taste of the southern states during a visit by guitarist and singer Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges. Eugene, who hails from Hoston, Texas, but spends most of the year on the road, visited Sandy Lane Primary
A total of 47 names have so far been collected to be inscribed on a new war memorial to be installed by the cenotaph in Bradford. It will honour servicemen and women from the district who have been killed in conflicts since the Second World
Mark Stewart was given a second start in a week as James Hanson was ruled out with a calf problem. Stewart partnered Craig Fagan up front with Phil Parkinson making changes from the Huddersfield win. Andrew Davies replaced Guy Branston in defence and
A petition launched by a Bradford resident to save his local bus service has now got 1,000 signatures and the backing of a local MP and a district councillor. Ian Brewer, the Neighbourhood Watch warden for East Bowling, who lives in Bowling Hall Road
Bradford Council may axe its school clothing allowance, it has emerged. The future of grants provided by the local authority to allow hard-up families to buy school clothes will be discussed by councillors next week. A report to go before the Council
Jonny Bairstow has streamlined his abundant sporting talent to one discipline – but will still be England’s all-round action man in today’s opening fixture of their India tour. In the absence of Craig Kieswetter, otherwise engaged in Somerset
Rugby, the union side of it anyway, likes to look down its nose at football. A hooligan game played by gentlemen as opposed to … We’ve all heard that quote, though I prefer Oscar Wilde’s take: “Rugby is a good occasion for keeping 30 bullies far from
In theory, Phil Parkinson needed a midweek game at Huddersfield like a hole in the head. It may have been a West Yorkshire derby but the Bantams boss could have been excused for approaching the Galpharm with all the enthusiasm of a trip to the dentist
A possessive chef who murdered his teenage girlfriend by stabbing her in the heart with a kitchen knife must spend at least 15 years behind bars. Til Rana, 34, killed 18-year-old Beena Bhatt because “if he could not have her, then no one else
What a shock to hear of Graham Dilley’s untimely death at 52. A fine bowler but always remembered for his batting exploits at “the other end” during the Botham Test of 1981. I was watching Hampshire the day the drama at Headingley unfolded. Long before
City have been handed yet another Yorkshire cup derby. The reward for dumping Huddersfield in the JPT is a trip to Sheffield United in the northern area quarter-finals. The Bramall Lane clash will take place in the week beginning November 7.
A 40-year-old motorist who caused the death of a pensioner while under the influence of drugs has been warned to expect a “significant” jail sentence. Jonathan Cockroft was at the wheel of a red Nissan Almera when he was involved in an accident that
A key strategic document setting out an approach to development in the district for the next 20 years is “impenetrable” and “filled with planning mumbo jumbo”, a prominent councillor claims. Councillor Simon Cooke (Con, Bingley Rural), his party’s spokesman
A roof nicknamed the ‘rollercoaster’ is going up at the new £26.5 million Appleton Academy in Wyke, Bradford. In excess of 800 tonnes of steel structure is now in place at the site, off High Fernley Road, and construction workers are on target
New Bulls recruit Elliot Kear attracted strong interest from leading Aviva Premiership outfit London Wasps before completing his dream move to Odsal. The 22-year-old former Crusaders wing became the Bulls’ fifth close-season signing this week
Construction on the six-acre £24.4 million park being created by Bradford Council has reached an important milestone. The last of more than 277,000 granite setts within the City Park’s mirror pool has been laid. Lord Mayor of Bradford, Naveeda
Luke Oliver today promised the end is in sight to City’s clean sheet drought. Oliver was in the last Bantams back four to stop their league opponents from scoring in the 1-0 win at Macclesfield on April 5. Torquay banged in three at Valley Parade four
Relatives of a Bradford great-grandmother who lost her battle with cancer last month have hit out at a funeral director after a mix-up about where her ashes were being kept. W Levers, of Thornton Road, Bradford has admitted an “oversight” in the collection
Four Conservative Party supporters, who were jailed a year ago after being found guilty of attempting to rig the voting system in the run-up to a General Election, have had their convictions overturned on appeal. See Saturday's T&A for the
A jury has returned an open verdict after an inquest was unable to ascertain the cause of death of an alcoholic mother-of-three who suffered a fatal collapse at a Bradford police station. Conflicting medical evidence about the cause of Sharon Batey’s
