Bradford Park Avenue 3, Armthorpe Welfare 1 Bradford Park Avenue were the first club to reach the semi-finals of this season’s West Riding County Cup when they came from a goal down to earn a comfortable victory at home to lower-league opposition
Northern Counties East League Premier Division outfit Thackley announced at the weekend that assistant manager Sean Regan has left Dennyfield after being offered a coaching role at an unnamed Premier League club on a part-time basis. It is understood
There is West Riding County Cup action tomorrow night with Guiseley taking on near- neighbours and Blue Square Bet North Division rivals FC Halifax Town at Nethermoor. The Lions leapfrogged the Shaymen in the table at the weekend but with both clubs
Three teenage girls were left in a “distressed and shocked” state after intruders barged into their house and stole jewellery. The girls fled into a different part of the house and hid in another room while the three men searched through belongings.
Retired warehouse packer Brian Depledge got such a shock when he opened his latest Council Tax bill that he had to sit down – for laughing! The 80-year-old, who lives at Gaisby Lane in Shipley, was being charged a whopping 33p to make up for his recent
Luke O'Brien's move to Exeter City is back on tonight, the T&A understands. The way was cleared for the left back to make the switch after the Grecians sold defender Scott Golbourne to Barnsley. Exeter had been keen to bring in O'Brien, who has been
Leeds United have included Robbie Rogers in their squad for the first time tonight for their vital npower Championship clash at home to Birmingham tomorrow night. However, the American international, who has been signed from Major League Soccer side
The Bradford Junior League are holding open nets for under-13s and under-15s on Wednesdays at Carlton Bolling College (6pm-8pm). Under-13 nets are from February 8-29 and under-15 nets from March 7-28, and all players are welcome. Anyone
Bradford edged a remarkable Spen Valley League match 6-5 against Mount Athletic to maintain their pursuit of the PREMIER DIVISION title. Gurdip Bhambra’s four goals proved decisive for second-placed Bradford, with Aziz Gulzar and John Smith also on target
Jordan Missin scored twice as PREMIER DIVISION leaders Buttershaw White Star ended West Bowling’s 44-match unbeaten home record with a 3-0 Bradford Sunday Alliance League win. A foul on Steve Hollingworth in the area gave Missin the chance to edge the
Only two of the five scheduled PREMIER DIVISION matches were played as the hard frost again bit into the West Riding County Amateur League programme. It was the fourth successive Saturday that the weather had intervened but title-chasing duo Bay Athletic
Bradford Dragons' women’s team, who included new signing Isalie Bloeman, won 101-32 at Bishop Burton College Ladies in the Leeds & District Basketball League. . Bloeman has recently moved from Belgium, where she was playing for Runkster Dames in the
Bradford Dragons made the long trip to Worthing Thunder but came away with a deserved 85-72 win that lifted them into fourth place in their first season in English Basketball League Division One. With Bobby Edmunds on fire at point and Vance Silcott
Brighouse Town won a penalty shoot-out to knock Golcar United out of the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup as the third-round tie was finally played at the fifth attempt. The match finished 3-3 before Brighouse won 4-1 in the spot-kick extras to set
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: P Devitt (Eastbrook A) 75; S Kershaw (Princeville B) 62, 43.
GOALS Bradford are hosting their annual League Cup from Monday, February 13, and are inviting all current and former league teams to enter. The tournament has been won for the past two years by Del Boys but this year promises to be the toughest yet
A charity has been awarded the contract to transform the delivery of day services for more than 600 adults with learning disabilities in Bradford. National learning disabilities charity Hft – formerly known as Home Farm Trust – has been granted the three
Young and old were on the podium in a bumper entry at the opening round of the Horsforth Motor Club’s Trials UK Novice and Beginners’ Championship Series at Home Farm, Tong. Idle youngster Joe Faunthorpe won Hard Course Youth Class C, while Thomas Housecroft
Kane Ramsden was the hero for Buttershaw Celtic as he scored a late winner to beat Wyke Rangers 4-3 in DIVISION 1A of the Bradford Sunday Alliance League. Buttershaw hit back from two goals behind to edge a thriller with Ramsden’s last-kick
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Carl Aaron O’Reilly, aged 24, of Freshfield Gardens, Allerton; assault, community order made with 200 hours unpaid work, £85 costs. Ben Richard Bodle, aged 19, of Marquis Avenue
Plans to build stables and a tack room on green belt have been rejected. Bradford Council planners said the plan, for land off Huddersfield Road, Wyke, would be “inappropriate development” that would be harmful to the visual amenity of the green belt
Police are urging vehicle owners to keep their car keys in a secure place after a spate of burglaries. North Yorkshire Police reported nine burglaries across the force in the last two weeks where criminals broke into houses to steal keys to vehicles.
Bradford women are being urged to join the fight against all cancers by entering Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. In 2012, event organisers are issuing the rallying cry ‘it’s all of us versus cancer’ to mums, daughters, sisters, grandmas
A councillor has spoken out after resigning over an authority’s decision to put up Council Tax by 20 per cent to fund its Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Richard Reed stood down from Ilkley Parish Council in protest at the authority’s decision to increase
Three members of Bradford Judo Club have excelled in masters events at the Commonwealth Championships in Cardiff – the largest sporting event in the United Kingdom this year aside from the Olympics or Paralympics. The Welsh venue attracted participants
A high-security fence that has been put up on Green Belt land without permission will be allowed to stay. Bradford Council has approved a retrospective application for the retention of the 2.1 metres fencing around a television relay site at Royd Hill
Pirates will roam the stages of Oakworth Methodist Church in this year's Sunday School pantomime. Blackbeard takes on female buccaneer Crimson Hawk in eight performances of the family show Robinson Crusoe. The hero is shipwrecked, just like in the original
The Bradford Voluntary and Community Sector Assemb-ly will be holding its annual conference next month. The half-day conference will focus on Assembly Steering Group business and will include an opportunity to discuss assembly priorities. The second
Tributes have been paid to Bradford court staff – with more than 100 years’ service between them – who have been replaced by new high-tech systems. The 12 Bradford Crown Court loggers, who recorded and transcribed all court proceedings, worked their
Children at a Bradford school will soon be able to continue outdoor play regardless of the weather. The Governors at Byron Street Primary School, in Barkerend Road, Bradford, have been given permission to install a canopy. It will cover 68 square metres
Bradford’s St James's Wholesale Market has been voted the best wholesale market in the country for the second year running. This is the first time in the awards history that a market has retained its award. Judges were impressed with the partnership approach
Young people will have the chance to win a work experience placement at Bradford City Football Club as part of a national project. The What’s Your Goal? scheme – run by clubs, the Football League Trust and npower – will offer five year ten
Babies were in the spotlight yesterday as part of the Telegraph & Argus Happy Tots competition. A photographer was at the Kirkgate Shopping Centre taking snaps of the youngsters, which will be published in the T&A and put to a readers’ vote. The photographer
Racism is the biggest type of bullying at schools in Bradford accounting for 75 per cent of incidents during the last academic year, it has been revealed. A total of 344 bullying incidents were reported by schools in the district between September, 2010
A car wash that has been operating near one of the busiest roads in Bradford without planning permission faces the prospect of being closed down. Bradford Council has refused a retrospective planning application that would have allowed the “unauthorised
Thousands of visitors flocked to the famous Five Rise Locks over the weekend to catch a rare glimpse of the 18th century structure. British Waterways engineers opened up the Grade I listed lock after draining it for maintenance, revealing the
Charlie Taylor has returned to Leeds following his 28-day loan with City. The youngster was brought in as cover for the injured Kyel Reid and made four appearances, starting the games at Rotherham and Watford. He came on for Lee Bullock
Inconsiderate parking near three schools in the Clayton area of Bradford will be the focus of police action this month. During the latest Clayton Police and Community Together meeting, police and residents discussed concerns and talked about policing
Police say off-road motorcycles and quad bikes are a “constant issue” in the Tyersal area of Bradford. Officers said many of the vehicles were not road-legal and riders often did not wear helmets. Now police are urging residents to come forward to
Pub-owners have been congratulated for complying with the law banning the sale of cigarettes from vending machines. Last October new legislation, The Protection from Tobacco (Sales from Vending Machines)(England) Regulations 2010, was introduced
A community centre is striking up the band after attracting a cacophony of interest for a new venture. Beginner and experienced musicians turned up at the first meeting of the Temple Row Centre’s orchestra. The centre, in Keighley, will now seek sponsors
A Farmwatch and Horsewatch scheme is now up and running in Keighley. Any residents who would like to be included in the scheme are invited to contact PCSO Niel Holmes at the Keighley Neighbourhood Policing Team on (01535) 617119 or e-mail him at niel.holmes
A festival dedicated to walking, cycling and horse riding in the South Pennines is seeking a new co-ordinator to help it promote the area’s outdoor attractions. The South Pennines Walk and Ride Festival is part of a project funded by regeneration company
A charity curry dinner hosted by The Rotary Club of Bradford Blaize raised more than £6,000 to help victims of flooding in Pakistan. More than 250 people from across Bradford attended the event, including Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Val
Plans have been submitted to Bradford Council for new school buildings to house the city’s first free secondary school, which opened last year. The Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust has applied for permission to alter, demolish and extend storage
Building work is due to start on a new £200,000 community hall in Steeton. Architects are now drawing up detailed plans for submission to Bradford Council's building control department ready for contractors to start the five month project in May. The
1862: Fritz Theodor Albert Delius born in Bradford. 1868: Violin lessons with Herr Bauerkeller of the Halle Orchestra. 1869: Violin lessons with George Haddock of Leeds. 1871: Goes to preparatory school in Bradford. 1872: Hears Chopin’s E minor
Right from the start of 1993 there was public controversy about Amber Hiscott’s Delius sculpture. It wasn’t so much the cost – the £30,000 for the five-tonne steel and glass double leaf structure came from the Foundation for Sports and the Arts and
A substantial reward – potentially as much as £33,000 – has been offered in a bid to recover stolen metal detectors used to identify gold nuggets. The haul of top of the range items, worth more than £330,000, was stolen from the trailer of
Education chiefs have applied to build six new classrooms at a school. Trinity All Saints CE Primary School in Church Street, Bingley, currently has space for 180 pupils but has been admitting more children for the last four years and accommodating some
A series of major events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Delius has been announ-ced by The Delius Society, including a four-day Delius Celebration at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester and St George’s Hall, Bradford
They make it sound so easy in the adverts. Simply dial a few numbers, and hey presto, you’re sorted. But in reality it’s nowhere near as simple. Shopping around for a good deal on your insurance can take hours. All those questions – do you have triple
Posterity is perhaps the only enduring test of an artist’s work. Seventy-six years after Delius died, performances of his compositions are being well-received. In particular there is the 2011 CD, Delius, on which violinist Tasmin Little and
SIR – The national debt has now reached £1 trillion. Puzzlingly, this figure does not include bank bail-outs. Presumably they would prefer we didn’t know how much has been given to these jackals? But hold on a minute! I thought this was the Government
IR – First we have the unelected bishops in the House of Lords voting against the Welfare Reform Bill, then the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Rev Nick Baines (pictured), stating that the cap has to be fair regarding child benefit. Doesn’t this man realise
In storage at Cartwright Hall in Bradford is a very special portrait of Delius. Our picture shows its unveiling before a group of civic dignitaries, around the time of its completion in the early 1930s. It was painted by Sir James Gunn
SIR – Well done, Councillor Slater, for finally confirming what many of Bradford’s long-suffering electorate have always suspected – that our elected officials could not give a damn about those who put them into power. They preside over a litany of
Want to try out some Delius but don’t know where to start? It’s not surprising, given the vast body of work the composer put together before his death. We asked Roger Buckley, of the Delius Trust, to give us some suggestions. He said: “Your question
SIR – Yesterday my husband and I went to Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield to see our grand-daughter swim. We parked at Meadowhall and took the tram. What an eye opener! Not only was the journey there very interesting, but Ponds Forge
SIR – Reading teacher Sam Gardner’s horror of primary school children in Bradford celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (Letters, January 18) reminds me of the dim, distant past as a primary school child at a boarding school in Malaya of being given
SIR – I found Council leader Ian Greenwood’s (pictured) comment on green belt housing (T&A, January 21) was very revealing: “...often when people say that they haven’t been consulted, what they actually mean is they don’t agree”. This suggests that
SIR – I was somewhat perturbed to see Coun Val Slater rather pre-empting the process of consultation on Bradford’s Local Development Framework (T&A, January 26). You report her telling property developers that she fully intends to ignore the views of
SIR – Instead of making Bradford’s housing requirement a class issue, Councillor Slater (T&A, January 26) should recognise that it will be predominantly the middle class who will occupy the homes to be built on greenfield land. It is only they who can
"A moody old man” is how Kate Bush described Bradford’s composer in an unusual song called Delius (Song Of Summer). The song, on her 1980 Never Forever album, features the sound of an old man muttering “In B, Fenby”, reflecting the time Delius spent
SIR – Following on from Big Energy Week earlier this month, I find that Joe Public is demonised for owning a 60w incandescent light bulb or leaving a mobile phone on charge, but some of the big players think they are exempt from climate change responsibility
25 years ago: Bradford Council got £10,000 to improve access for the disabled in the city – and it wanted traders to help to spend it. 50 years ago: People living in part of Keighley’s Bracken Bank housing estate thought that a midnight prowler who
25 years ago: An appeal went out to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a bid to save Bradford’s crumbling schools and dilapidated housing. 50 years ago: Oakworth Road Methodist Mission, built 70 years ago, would soon close as part of a scheme for reorganisation
Following a year which saw poppy-sellers, and cenotaphs, being abused, the news that Bradford’s Poppy Appeal has raised more than ever before is heartening. “I cannot thank the citizens of Bradford enough. They have been absolutely terrific,” says Barbara
It is disturbing to learn that racism is still such a major factor in incidents of bullying in the district’s schools. New figures reveal that 75 per cent of the 344 bullying incidents recorded in Bradford district schools were deemed to be racist.
A beautiful stained glass window of Bradford’s German Church bears the Delius family name. The parents of Frederick Delius were founding members of the church, which has been at the heart of Bradford’s German community for more than 130 years. With
News that the Bradford-based Mumtaz Food Group is planning to expand creating more than 200 new jobs is extremely welcome for the district. The restaurant and ready-meal group, which also owns the Jaldi Jaldi chain of takeaways and delicatessens, has
Fritz Theodor Albert Delius was born in Bradford on January 29, 1862, to parents who had come to England from Bielefeld, Germany. Julius, his father, was a prosperous businessman in one of Yorkshire’s great Victorian industries, wool. The
No other composer polarises opinion like Delius. You either love or loathe his music. And it is rare to find someone who has grown to like it. Although this coming year – the 150th anniversary of his birth – will bring opportunities to reassess his
Mick Potter was left counting the cost of more injury woe after the Bulls crashed to a heavy defeat in their final pre-season friendly yesterday. Potter’s men lost 46-6 at Hull in Lee Radford’s testimonial after conceding nine tries at the KC Stadium
People have spoken of their sadness at the death of a 47-year-old man who died after the 4x4 he was driving was in collision with two other vehicles in Otley. The man, from the Burley-in-Wharfedale area, had been travelling along the A660 Otley Road
Nearly 100 cases of children as young as 12 being sexually exploited are being investigated in Bradford, it has been revealed. Today, a charity issued a strong warning about the risk of teenage runaways being physically harmed or lured into
Murder squad detectives were last night investigating the “unexplained death” of a 33-year-old man at a house in Bradford. Police cordoned off a row of back-to-back properties on part of Wilson Road, Wyke, over the weekend after the grim discovery was
Phil Parkinson today took a swipe at Exeter as he welcomed Luke O’Brien back into the City fold. The long-serving left back’s move has stalled because the League One side need to move a player on first. The transfer window shuts tomorrow
Management jobs are to be shed at a Bradford NHS trust as it moves towards foundation trust status. Bradford District Care Trust is seeking voluntary redundancies and voluntary early retirement as part of a consultation with its senior management
Hull FC 46 Bradford Bulls 6 Talk about adding insult to injury. Jamie Langley, knocked out cold after just four minutes and carried off on a stretcher; Matt Diskin and Adam O’Brien later reduced to the sidelines by calf and ankle injuries
Bristol Rovers 2 Bradford City 1 The eighth Bristol Cider Festival took place over the weekend, offering a choice of 90 assorted brews. Phil Parkinson could have supped every one and still not matched the headache that referee Chris Sarginson left
The mirror pool at City Park will be drained this week as part of the final scheduled testing on site before the grand opening in March. A Bradford Council spokesman said: “There will be a complete assessment of the storage tank, water system
