Jonny Bairstow’s stunning start to his international career hit a new high today with a blistering unbeaten century in England’s final one-day warm-up win over a Hyderabad Cricket Association XI. The 22-year-old Yorkshire wicketkeeper, playing
Winger Ramon Nunez has penned a new long-term contract with Leeds. The 25-year-old, who has scored five goals in ten appearances this season, has agreed terms on a four-year deal with the option of an additional year. “I’m delighted. Leeds is the club
A 28-year-old man had his foot crushed under a bus after falling into the road in Westgate in Bradford city centre. He was taken by ambulance to Bradford Royal Infirmary following the incident outside the Boy and Barrel pub at about 5.45pm
Otley cyclist Lizzie Armitstead remains confident she can be successful at the London Olympics despite having to readjust her preparation plans. Armitstead, who won the women’s point race and women’s sprint at the National Track Championships in Manchester
Joe Moses (Paul Milnes/Bradford Olympic RC) has made a cracking start to the National Trophy cyclo-cross season. The Keighley junior won the first round at Temple Park Centre, South Shields, crossing the line 30 seconds clear of Adam Martin
Bradford Clayton Thunderbirds, who led 18-10 at half-time, were beaten 20-18 by Featherstone Rovers. Tries from Lauren Stallwood, Danielle Bose and Nicky Parry, with three conversions from Lisa Taylor, helped Bradford build their advantage
A group of local businesses have helped to kit out Dudley Hill Sharks’ under-eights rugby league team this season, courtesy of a £1,300 sponsorship deal. Coach Carl Sullivan said: “We are over the moon with the sponsorship from local businesses, and
East Bowling All Stars under-13s lived up to their name in the Huddersfield RCD Junior League, thrashing Norristhorpe 16-1. Jordan Hobson led the way with eight goals, others coming from Lewis Lofthouse (2), Jack Stead, Luke Leedham, Bradley
Bradford Grammar and Woodhouse Grove – traditional powerhouses in the Daily Mail RBS Schools’ Under-18 Rugby Union Cup – are both in second-round action tomorrow. Woodhouse Grove travel to Ilkley Grammar, while Bradford Grammar host Guiseley
CRAVEN, AIRE & WHARFE LEAGUE – Under-10 Y: Bingley Bayern 1, Oakworth Wasps 4; Sutton Rebels 0, Skipton LMS 5. Z: Bingley Boca 1, Bradford Tigers 2; Western Lane 2, Sutton 2. Under-11 S: Bingley 3, Oakworth 6; Horsforth 2, Menston 1; Shipley Lions 1
The mystery surrounding Craig Fagan’s goal celebration on Saturday has been solved. Fagan left fans scratching their heads with his routine after notching the winner against Torquay. It looked like a take on Usain Bolt’s “lightning” action as he posed
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Eastbrook C 1, Princeville A 6; Princeville B 5, Bradford Deaf Centre 2; Pudsey 3, Eastbrook A 4. Breaks: J Allan (Pudsey) 43; P Devitt (Eastbrook A) 37; M Cockcroft (Eastbrook A) 35; T Kershaw (Princeville
25 years ago: Having spent thousands of pounds to get rid of starlings from the city centre, Mother Nature gave a free helping hand to Bradford Council when a hawk came to roost on its financial headquarters in Hall Ings. 50 years ago: Stanley Hume,
A teenager from the district picked up an impressive haul of medals in an international cavalry sport competition held in South Africa – despite having a fractured ankle. Joseph Midgley, 16, from Denholme, had his ankle X-rayed shortly before
Steve Parkin believes his dug-out partnership with Phil Parkinson will succeed because he knows exactly what the manager is up against. Parkin’s appointment as number two last month came as a surprise considering the pair had never worked together
A Bradford charity which helps disabled people hopes to build a social enterprise centre in Barkerend to form its new headquarters and a home for like-minded new businesses. Plans for Bradnet’s eco-friendly three-storey building are being
An historic hall and a luxury lodges park in the Bradford district were crowned as being among the best tourist attractions in Yorkshire at an awards ceremony last night. East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley and Faweather Grange in High Eldwick
Piles of flood debris heaped on a city centre road after a huge water pipe burst had to be shifted by a JCB as part of a massive clean-up operation. This morning a stretch of road between Lumb Lane and Carlisle Road in Manningham was shut for
The team behind the proposed Bradford District Free School has been left “deeply disappointed” after its plans were turned down by the Department of Education. Education Secretary Michael Gove announced in Parliament yesterday that 55 more free schools
Imagine if your annual electricity bill was £45 million. Of course, for a household, there would be something very wrong if that landed on the doormat. But for a large business, yearly energy bills of more than six figures are commonplace. The above
The steps announced by David Cameron on forced marriages will go some way towards helping to halt this continued anomaly in our legal system. Although the Government has not gone as far as some would like and completely criminalised forced marriages,
SIR – In his column (T&A, October 5), Keith Thomson comments on our overall dislike of wind turbines and thinks that future residents of planet Earth will wonder what all the fuss was about. I feel and fear it will be obvious that pylons provided us
SIR – Some weeks ago, my wife and I decided to come to Bradford for the first time with the intention of visiting the National Media Museum. Returning from holiday shortly after our visit, we received a Bradford Council Bus Lane Penalty Charge stating
SIR – What do I think of the Mirror Pool? This is a total waste of money. Are the Council trying to turn Bradford into a mini New York with our Central Park? Well, I have news for the Council. New York has lots of shops, which are not boarded up. Wouldn
SIR – Further to Philip Sutcliffe’s letter (T&A, Oct 5), I would like to clarify that the Conservative councillors on Bradford Council do not support the building of thousands of houses on green belt land. Mr Sutcliffe may share my surprise that the
SIR – Is it just the people planning the new schools in the Bradford district who are deaf, or is it the Bradford Council? I read in the T&A that yet another school is being built near Great Horton. Once again there is a dispute over parking to go with
Two brewers are celebrating growth and success with one now producing beer at the rate of eight pints a minute following an 80 per cent expansion in the production of cask ales. Gordon Wilkinson, head brewer at Skipton-based Copper Dragon Brewery, said
SIR – Calling anyone who attended Hanson School in Bradford. Friday, November 18 sees the 102nd reunion dinner of Hanson School. This covers Hanson Boys’ Grammar School, Hanson Girls' Grammar School and Sutton Avenue. The dinner will be held at the
Plans for 25 new homes to replace “old-fashioned” sheltered accommodation have been unveiled. Earlier this year, 30 homes, a warden’s lodge and communal area at Dale Court, Fieldway, in Ilkley, were knocked down by social housing landlord Incommunities
The search for life on other planets will be explored at an out-of-this-world event at a Bradford pub. Bradford University scientist Dr John Baruch (pictured above with his telescope) will run Cafe Scientifique, at the Royal Hotel Clayton, on Wednesday
Life can be a juggling act, and when there are balls to be dropped, your beauty routine is an obvious casualty. A third of women admit feeling guilty if they try to focus on themselves for as little as ten minutes, a new Twinings survey reveals
The dark nights may be drawing in but your wardrobe doesn’t need to follow suit. This season’s take on block colour in jewel tones will have you shimmering your way through grey days and moonlight hours. While neon brights invaded the colour charts
Four women and three men have gone on trial accused of gun smuggling after police smashed a transatlantic plot to send Glock pistols in packages from Texas to Bradford. The conspiracy involved posting weapons in pieces from Houston hidden in hollowed
A musical based on the life story of Susan Boyle is coming to Bradford – and the global singing sensation will be joining the cast. Miss Boyle shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, after wowing the judges with a powerful performance of I Dreamed
Sisters Kimberley Marsh and Nichola Jawadi have always been close. But the siblings’ bond was strengthed when they were both diagnosed with cancer. Nichola, an intensive care nurse, discovered she had breast cancer last December. She was 29 at the time
He has just left Albert Square for pastures new – and this month David Essex (pictured) will be turning up at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre. The singer/actor has this year been playing Eddie Moon in EastEnders, but will be returning to his roots in All
Over the last decade or so, television producers have become obsessed with getting people to cry on camera. It’s a manipulative technique aimed at creating ‘water-cooler TV’ moments that capture viewers’ hearts and generate ratings and publicity. As
A housing and care provider is asking people in the Bradford distict to support its campaign to get the Government to appoint a minister for older people. In the summer, the Telegraph & Argus started a campaign With Respect to encourage efforts to treat
Businessman Paul Hemingway is offering a £10,000 reward to catch a gang who smashed their way into his Bradford mill warehouse with sledgehammers, getting away with £150,000 of aquarium products. The raiders targeted Aquarline’s six-storey
A man who suffered burns to his neck and scalp after police allegedly sprayed him with CS gas on a night out has lodged an official complaint. Daniel Nelson, 21, of Bradford Road, Crossflatts, claims he was wrongly sprayed by an “over-the-top
Phil Parkinson today called on the Football Association to review their disciplinary system after reluctantly accepting Andrew Davies’ three-match ban. City decided against appealing over the defender’s dismissal in Saturday’s win over Torquay
A retired Bradford firefighter has been shortlisted for a national award for going out of his way to support beneficiaries of The Fire Fighters Charity while battling cancer. Chris Kenyon, of Idle, was a firefighter for 32 years but retired
A consultation into whether forced marriage should be made illegal will be carried out only months after the Government rejected the call to outlaw the “evil” practice. Prime Minister David Cameron said it was “little more than slavery” and ordered the
Bulls coach Mick Potter is fast closing in on a new prop to replace departed skipper Andy Lynch. Potter is currently back home in Australia scouring the market for a front rower and his efforts could bear fruit this week. Bradford recently
The widower of alcoholic mother-of-three Sharon Batey, who collapsed and died in police custody, says she would be proud of how her young son has dealt with her death. Ian Batey, 48, said their son Connor, now nine, missed his mum and still talked about
Large swathes of Bradford were left without water tonight after one of the city’s main water supply pipes burst. Major roads were closed and residents across the city were left with no water after the pipe burst in White Abbey Road, Girlington, at about
