Phil Joseph made a try-scoring return to action as the Bulls Under-20s slipped to their sixth straight defeat last night, losing 52-10 at home to Salford. The prop, who had been sidelined for the past fortnight with an ankle knock, played the
CRICKET: New Yorkshire second-team coach Paul Farbrace believes the county’s ten-year trophy drought will soon be a thing of the past. Not since triumphing in the 2002 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy have the Tykes lifted any major silverware
West Bowling rookie Elliot Minchella has been selected in the final 21-man England under-16 squad to play France in a two-match Test series at Easter. The highly-rated 15-year-old loose forward from Clayton Heights plays for West Bowling under-18s and
I’m not one for chucking the toys out of the pram when things don’t go right. Obviously I was disappointed not to be involved at Crewe on Tuesday. I was looking forward to it and to be told that I wasn’t going to play was a blow to my personal
Throughout the two-year building programme for the City Park, Bradford Council has been keeping a record of the construction through a fixed-point web-camera. Here you can see the film we have created made up of monthly stills from the webcam
As people stand by and marvel at the spectacle of Bradford’s new water feature, few will be aware of the magic behind it. But as they take a closer look, they might realise that all is not as it seems. Inspect a small spurt of water,
he man who dreamed up the whole idea of a water feature in the centre of Bradford will tomorrow see his vision realised – almost nine years on. Celebrated architect Will Alsop will be at the official launch to judge what Bradford eventually made of
It could be another huge weekend in the race for promotion from the Evo-Stik Premier Division as Bradford Park Avenue host mid-table Ashton United. The Bradford side came close to getting a point from their trip to leaders Chester last weekend
Guiseley may be third in the Blue Square Bet North table, eight points behind leaders Hyde, but there is no way they are thinking ‘play-offs’. Manager Steve Kittrick said: “Our ambition was to win the league when the season started and that
The Queen has paid her personal tributes to the bravery of a hero Bradford paratrooper as she presented a posthumous George Medal to his parents. Private Martin Bell, 24, was killed in an explosion as he rescued a badly-injured comrade from
Silsden’s patchy form this season can be summed up by their last three results – a draw, followed by a win and then defeat on Tuesday at Ramsbottom. The Cobbydalers lost 3-0 against the team who top the North West Counties Premier Division and Saturday's
A ding-dong battle is in prospect when Paul Quinn’s Brighouse Town head to sixth-placed Parkgate in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division pn Saturday. Town are seventh, just one point behind, and are still seething following
BRADFORD PALS AC Our next match is on Sunday at Brafferton (Ghost Lake) and we have the whole lake. This is also the first round of the new annual knockout so please remember your entry fee. The café opens at 7.30am and the draw will be at 9am. Don’
SSE Yorkshire Division Three side Baildon have two matches to sort out their 22 for the RFU Junior Vase semi-final at Old Wheatleyans. The Jenny Laners’ rugby chairman Andy Whitley says: “We have about 28 players to choose from and we are also chasing
Second-bottom Wibsey go into their final six games in the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division knowing that only a sudden reversal in fortunes will see them keep their place in the top flight next season. With most of their relegation
The selectors were clearly frustrated that the Wharfedale backs were unable to build on the forwards’ performance at Sedgley Park last weekend in SSE National League One. For Saturday's home match against Blaydon, they have moved James Tincknell
With Grant Turton not available, Cleckheaton move Joe Gioti from No 8 to the second row for their SSE North One East match at fourth-placed Percy Park on Saturday. Richard Piper is at No 8, with Ryan Piercy returning at flanker. Dave Freeman, Ben Thrower
Kyel Reid will be allowed to put family before football on Saturday. His girlfriend is due to give birth to their first child over the weekend – and City will give the winger permission to pull out of the Gillingham game if it clashes.
Farsley are looking over their shoulders as they strive to stay in the play-off places in Evo-Stik Division One North. Neil Parsley’s men travel to Manchester to take on mid-table Trafford on Saturday in the knowledge that they cannot afford
Although he knows there are no easy games in SSE Yorkshire Division One, Keighley’s director of rugby Graeme Sheffield sees no reason why his team cannot win their remaining four matches this season. With Pocklington (85 points) set to win the championship
Otley’s director of rugby Tom Rock reckons team selection for Saturday’s SSE National League Two North match at Luctonians could be the toughest of the season. “We have quite a few lads available, Tom O’Donnell is back from suspension and there were
Prime Minister David Cameron threw his weight behind the Conservative campaign for Bradford West today as he visited a free school in the constituency. Mr Cameron spoke to pupils at Kings Science Academy in Manningham Lane, Bradfiord, on a visit with
Bradford-based supermarket Morrison’s are to sponsor the new junior academy at Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club. The academy will focus on the under-16 and under-17 squads and provide professional training for the coaching teams. The Bees have a flourishing
Welcome to the most important new car of 2012. OK, so it’s a little early to be declaring the best car a third of the way through the year, but I confidently predict the Up (or up! as Volkswagen insist on terming it) to be the most impressive. It ticks
A Bradford business leader has welcomed proposed plans to increase availability of funding for small firms suggested by a Government-backed task force. The report by a group led by Legal & General boss Tim Breedon calls for a single Government agency
A campaign to promote Bradford’s historic Little Germany as a place to work and live has been unveiled by businessmen and a resident based in the urban village. Law firm Schofield Sweeney, with offices in Church Bank, and design and marketing agency
Children at a Bradford primary school spent the afternoon finding out how rocks are used in everyday sculptures in the city centre. This included the new sculptures in City Park, Bradford, Victorian sandstone buildings, and the architecture holding the
A mother-of-three says her family will be “torn apart” if a last attempt to save a heart unit from closure fails. Campaigners in Yorkshire and the Humber now have until April 16 to make comments on the children’s heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary
A Bradford publishing house and design agency has signed up to the Bradford Apprenticeship Challenge. I&E Media, based at the Chamber Business Park in New Lane, Tong, needs an administrator and is looking to fill the position by taking on an apprentice
A dog breeder was thrown a surprise party after winning two first prizes in the same day at Crufts. Diane Garratt, of West Morton, near Keighley, entered her bull mastiff sisters Squishy and Darcy in the UK’s top dog competition and Darcy – officially
A former lecturer at the University of Bradford has written a book highlighting the issue of false accusations made against teachers and the “devastating” impact on their lives and careers. Colin Neville drew on several cases for his novel,
More people in Yorkshire should be able to spend their final days in a place of their choice and new Government funding will help to make this happen, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley (pictured) has announced. He said the current system of end-of-life-care
Campaigners in the Bradford West by-election gathered yesterday to remember Abu-bakr Rauf who died suddenly of a suspected heart attack earlier this week. Mr Rauf, who was 28, had been delivering leaflets near Bradford College and University on Tuesday
Budding chefs got a cookery masterclass from one of Bradford’s top curry masters yesterday. Mohammed Aslam, the managing director of the Aagrah group of restaurants, delivered the class to students from Bradford College’s International Food
Councillors have backed a canalside housing scheme in Bingley and dismissed calls for the decision to be put on hold while a Government inspector decides whether to allow up to 440 homes on a controversial site a few yards away. They gave the go-ahead
A partygoer wept as she told a jury she was knocked to the ground by a man who tried to rape her in a children’s play area. The mother, in her 30s, said she was grabbed and tripped in Lund Park, Keighley, by an attacker she believed was calling her a
A drunken burglar was caught on camera smashing his way into a Bradford school at dead of night, a court heard. Lee Fleming, 30, was so inebriated after downing a bottle of drink, he said he remembered nothing about the crime. He woke with blood on
Friends and family have paid tribute to a much-loved builder tragically killed in a road accident. Jonathan English, known to most as Jonny, suffered fatal injuries when his Fiat Punto overturned on Ilkley Road, Addingham, near to the junction with Old
An author is seeking information about men from Ilkley who fought in the world wars. Richard Thackrah, who lived in Ilkley for many years, is writing a book about the names on the town’s war memorial. He is also keen to find out details of soldiers who
A 60-year-old solicitor was due to be sentenced today. Michael Rigg, of Carlton Mount, Yeadon, has admitted three counts of fraud by abuse of position by taking £51,488 out of the accounts of an elderly and vulnerable woman between September 2007 and
Police are hunting muggers who punched and kicked a 17-year-old youth and stole his iPhone and a gold bracelet. The victim was walking in Mabel Royd, Scholemoor, Bradford, at about 8pm on Tuesday, when he was approached by three Asian males in their
OK, so Chevrolet are hardly beginners. In fact, the American brand is one of world’s motoring powerhouses. Chevrolet is the biggest brand in the General Motors stable which includes the better-known (at least to Brits) Vauxhall and Opel marques. And
The kindest deed spoke volumes for Adam Woodhouse. When 13-year-old Conor Lister emptied the contents of his pockets on to Adam’s desk, it brought home the importance of the young people’s project he coordinates on Bradford’s Holme Wood estate. Conor
25 years ago: The search has begun for a city centre property to house a pioneering new cancer support centre in Bradford. 50 years ago: A new lighting scheme for the main road through Bingley was approved at last night’s meeting of Bingley General
SIR – It is with great shame I note that Her Majesty’s Government (or so-called) managed to railroad their National Health Service Bill through. This was done without any mention of this in their manifesto and a ‘listening exercise’ that was a joke.
SIR – With the erection of scaffolding on the Odeon building, it would be easier and cheaper to effect the required repairs to make the building safe. As most people know, the building has been allowed to deteriorate by the dithering of various factions
SIR – Re the T&A article (Friday, March 16) on pulling the Odeon down and the reference to Tim Martin and Watherspoons, our Council could take advice from them. They take old buildings and renovate them and create good businesses. I’m sure the Windsor
While the Budget is not traditionally a time for celebration, generally putting, as it does, more strain on our pockets, one announcement from the Chancellor yesterday is very good news for Bradford. As part of a joint bid with Leeds, Bradford is to
SIR – The Howard League for Penal Reform is looking for the country’s most successful and innovative community programmes in the criminal justice sector, to battle it out for one of our coveted 2012 Community Programme Awards. We want to hear about
SIR – For nearly two decades my ward, Guiseley and Rawdon, has been subject to one new housing development after the other. Despite strong local opposition, and in most cases the Council refusing planning permission only to find it being overturned
SIR – Over the last few days, we have had the first salvos in the privatisation of the NHS in England and Wales pushed through. This is happening alongside the discredited Government-supported McNulty review plans which will undermine an already over-stretched
SIR – We have just received our water bill for 2012/13, With the cost of all the public utilities services going up so much, I decided to read my bill in more detail than I usually do. We are in council tax band B, with a total of £491.83. Then I noticed
Bulls chairman Peter Hood has revealed the club are working hard behind the scenes to tie down John Bateman on a new long-term deal. Homegrown back-rower Bateman, 18, has emerged as arguably the best young player in Super League following a series of
Police are appealing for information after a series of incidents followed a peaceful demonstration by the English Defence League in Cleckheaton last Saturday. Soon after the group had dispersed, police responded to reports that the window of the Co-Op
Chris Dagnall believes City’s team spirit can see them through the dark times in the League Two survival slog. The on-loan Barnsley striker has not seen a point or a goal from his two games so far. But as they head into a home double header against
An advocacy service for people suffering mental health problems has been saved from closure following an appeal in the Telegraph & Argus. The service for those in black and minority ethnic communities (BMEs) was facing the axe last year due to lack of
A councillor has dismissed rumours he has left for Spain and vowed to continue serving people living in his ward. Rumours had been circulating that independent councillor Chris Greaves (pictured) had sold his Menston home and moved to the continent
John Bateman is as grounded a teenager as you could wish to meet – but even his imagination can run wild at times. “Imagine if Dudley Hill beat Keighley in the Challenge Cup on Sunday,” he says. “Imagine if they then got drawn against the Bulls!” Bateman
Head teachers at Bradford popstar Zayn Malik’s former schools last night spoke of their pride after he and his band One Direction became the first UK pop group in history to debut at number one in the US album chart. John Edwards, head of Lower Fields
Police seized copper cabling, worth thousands of pounds, which had been dumped on wasteground in Bradford. Patrolling officers spotted the haul of suspected stolen steel cabling on land off Farway on the Holme Wood estate. Sergeant John Metcalfe, of
A health and social care charity is celebrating its role in a significant step towards removing barriers for charities to deliver NHS services in England. An amendment, originally tabled and then expanded in the Health and Social Care Bill, by Lord Patel
A teenager who smashed a stolen BMW into the living room of a family home in Bradford has been locked up for more than four years. James Abson, 18, caused severe damage when he ploughed into the detached house of Samantha Wells and Andrew Mann in Reevy
Bradford is still punching below its weight in terms of attracting shoppers, a new report shows – and is the fourth highest retail area in terms of the number of pound shop-type discount stores in the city. Despite being one of the country
Police seized copper cabling, worth thousands of pounds, which had been dumped on wasteground in Bradford. Patrolling officers spotted the haul of suspected stolen steel cabling on land off Farway on the Holme Wood estate. Sergeant John
Campaigners have claimed a victory for Baildon’s ageing population after permission was granted for a £3 million care home for elderly people. Developer Brendan Holt, who lives in Baildon, has been told by Councillors he can demolish Laverley House in
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Matus Lalus, aged 42, of Hoxton Street, Girlington; theft, three months’ community order with curfew and electronic monitoring; failure to surrender to custody, no separate penalty
