The JCT600 Bradford League have decided to postpone this weekend’s matches because of rain and sodden pitches. Last weekend’s opening batch of games have already been re-scheduled for Saturday, September 15, while Saturday's will now be played
I think Sunday’s game against Huddersfield was definitely one that got away. Danny Brough kicked us to death and that was what won them the game. We were confident going into this one after the last time we played the Giants at Odsal
There is a saying in cricket which claims it’s hard to judge a pitch until both sides have batted. This theory will certainly be tested over the coming days at Canterbury after a combative display from Yorkshire has left their match with Kent
It came as no surprise when tonight's two games involving local semi-pro clubs were postponed following another day of constant rain. Silsden’s Keighley Road was waterlogged so their North West Counties League Premier Division meeting with Maine Road
You’ve got to take the positives out of a negative situation. And however disappointing this season has been, nobody will argue that Luke Oliver has had a great year. Last summer it looked like the club were going to get rid of him but
City have been tipped to be a real promotion force next season. The praise comes from Cheltenham boss Mark Yates as his sixth-placed side look to book their play-off status at Whaddon Road on Saturday. Yates believes opposite number Phil Parkinson will
Leeds are in talks with controversial striker El-Hadji Diouf with a view to bringing him to Elland Road in the summer. The former Liverpool, Bolton, Sunderland and Rangers player will be a free agent at the end of the season, when he will leave
Having been forced to settle for two points in their opening match against Bilton, defending champions Thackley face another tough test at Aire-Wharfe League pre-season title favourites Beckwithshaw on Saturday. The Harrogate club won the title in 2010
This Saturday was meant to be the last day of the season but due to the snow and ice in early February and the rain over the past three weeks that caused many postponements, the league season has had to be extended into the middle of next month
No trains are running between Leeds, Ilkley and Shipley due to flooding on the line. According to an update provided by National Rail Enquiries, no services are currently running on the routes. A brief statement said: “Flooding is causing
Bramley Phoenix have retained the Spray Plant (UK) Aire-Wharfe Cup, defeating hosts West Park Leeds 26-21 last night in what was an excellent game despite very poor conditions - it never stopped raining for the whole game. Bramley scrum half Arron McHale
Wharfedale are greeting another member of the 100 Club this week at home to Macclesfield. Last week Dan Solomi marked his century of starts for the Dalesmen, and on Saturday it’s the turn of prop Chris Steel. Having sustained a broken
Clayton’s stand-off Scott Pendlebury will be hoping to bow out in style when he ends his three-year stint as player-coach at Slaithwaite Saracens on Saturday. The stalwart said: “I will play on next year but I need to concentrate on my own game
Graeme Sheffield has put together a strong case for the defence ahead of Keighley’s one-off SSE Northern Division play-off match at Alnwick on Saturday (3pm). Sheffield, director of rugby at Rose Cottage, knows that the Durham & Northumberland Division
Relegation-threatened Otley are making a last-ditch bid to clear Simon Willet’s name before another crucial SSE National League Two North match on Saturday. The second row was suspended for 23 weeks last Wednesday by a Rugby Football Union
All matches on Kirklees Council pitches have been cancelled this weekend due to the prolonged bad weather. The heavy rain has led to flooding on some pitches while others are waterlogged and unplayable.
Yorkshire are continuing to falter with the bat on day one of their LV= County Championship match with Kent. By tea in Canterbury, the Tykes had reached 158 for five in their first innings. It is after the county lost three wickets in the afternoon
The Evo-Stik League play-off semi-finals may have been stalled by four days but Bradford boss John Deacey believes it could help his players. Avenue finished the Premier Division season in fourth place, just one above Saturday's visitors Hednesford
Under-11 and under-15 matches in the Bradford Junior League on Sunday have been postponed because of wet weather. They have been re-arranged for Sunday, August 12. Junior League secretary Neil Johnson wrote in a statement today: "As you are all aware
Bradford Salem, winners of West Aire Wharfe Merit Table Division One, have a home play-off match on Saturday against West Leeds, champions of Central North Division One (3pm). Salem won the coin toss for choice of venue.
All eyes will be on the referee when Leeds United bring down the curtain on their npower Championship campaign on Saturday. Their final-day clash with Leicester will be officiated by Danny McDermid, the army major whose last appearance at a
The Baris Northern Counties East League should also be reaching its conclusion on Saturday but torrential rain across the region over the last week has put paid to that. However, while promotion and relegation issues remain unsettled, most of the clubs
Guiseley’s final fixture in the regular Blue Square Bet North Division is a dead rubber as they travel to Boston United on Saturday knowing they have secured runners-up place in the league. With just one round of fixtures remaining, the Lions are five
Luke Gale has been named in the Bulls’ 19-man squad ahead of Saturday's trip to Warrington in the Carnegie Challenge Cup fifth round. The scrum-half has been sidelined for over two months with damaged ankle ligaments but is in line to make
Yorkshire have struggled on the first morning of their LV= County Championship clash with Kent at Canterbury. By lunch on a cold and windy day they had reached 52 for two at the St Lawrence Ground. Joe Sayers was the first to go for 12, when he was
Angling Lines from Thursday, April 26 BIERLEY AC The recent fully-booked Captain Mannering 24-hour carp match was a dour affair, with only two fish caught and these in the last two hours of the match. Result: 1 Darryl Hunter 10lb 8oz, 2 Luke
A cordon remained in place today leaving a number of residents unable to return to their homes following a garage fire in Bradford. Leeds Road at Thornbury was reopened shortly after 11.30am but Woodhall Terrace remained sealed off.
A row has broken out between two Bradford Council election candidates after the Labour Party drew attention to a Facebook picture of a Respect candidate brandishing a gun. The picture of Asif Khan, who is standing in the Bowling and Barkerend ward, has
The former deputy leader of the Labour party will give the annual lecture during this year’s Bronte Society Weekend. Lord Hattersley, who is also a writer and a journalist, will speak about political biographies in one of the highlights of the weekend
The director-general of animal charity PDSA spent the day helping out behind the scenes at its Bradford hospital to thank staff who raised money for her London Marathon appeal. Jan McLoughlin, who completed the Virgin London Marathon in four hours and
A painting believed to be linked to the literary Bronte sisters has been withdrawn from an auction while auctioneers try to track down a similar work by the same artist. The painting, thought to be a watercolour of all three sisters, was due to be the
A convicted killer who dealt his drinking pal a severe beating after hours of downing cider has been jailed for two years eight months. Andrew Ryan “flipped” and repeatedly punched and headbutted Martin Fisher leaving him with cuts to his eyes needing
Two dental practitioners who studied together at university have been reunited in a new healthcare business venture in Bradford. John Sinclair and Matt Parrot were dentistry students together at Leeds University 20 years ago before going their separate
People with learning disabilities will get greater access to the services of a local cancer support charity – thanks to the production of a new easy read guide. The booklet, all about how Cancer Support Bradford and Airedale can help people, has been
A vicar has told of his sadness after lead thieves caused £5,000 damage to his church. And the Reverend Steve Davie revealed that the raiders will have made little profit from their ill-gotten gains, because there is so little lead left after previous
Seventeen Bradford Council employees received pay packages of more than £100,000 last year, a report published today by pressure group the Taxpayers’ Alliance states. But the Council has responded by saying the report presents an out-of-date picture.
A former Bradford Council executive member last night hit back at fresh claims about his conduct and denied any “wrongdoing”. Former Conservative councillor Adrian Naylor confirmed he willingly took part in a meeting with the Council’s chief
An online petition has started to help save a care home at risk of closure. Up to 3,500 people have already signed hard copies of the petition urging Bradford Council not to shut the doors of Holme View, in Holme Wood, Bradford. Relatives of residents
A row has broken out between two Bradford Council election candidates after the Labour Party drew attention to a Facebook picture of a Respect candidate brandishing a gun. The picture of Asif Khan, who is standing in the Bowling and Barkerend
A Bradford man and a Keighley man have been arrested in connection with a nationwide conspiracy to supply cocaine. The pair, aged 32 and 27, were arrested yesterday, together with four men aged 35, 30, 29 and 21, from the London and Slough
Adrian Towers is confident that Guiseley’s confidence hasn’t been dented by last Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at home to Bishop’s Stortford. The Lions’ joint club secretary said: “The experienced lads in the team were disappointed by the result but not by the
A paranoid schizophrenic was seen crouching down between parked cars before jumping out at a passing van, an inquest heard. Nafees Ahmed, who was 51 and lived with his wife in Smith Lane, died instantly from crushing head and chest injuries last September
The conversion of a coffee shop into a cafe bar at a city centre business centre and venue has been welcomed by neighbouring competitors as a potential boost to trade in the area. Development of the Court Room Cafe Bar at Malik House on Cheapside has
The Bishop of Bradford has opened a new building and innovative play area – featuring an amphitheatre and a climbing tree – at a primary school. The Right Reverend Nick Baines was at St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School, in West Bowling, to
A probe was under way today into the cause of a fire at a derelict farm building in Cleckheaton. Firefighters from stations across the district were called to the building in Primrose Lane at about 1.45am. Crews from Cleckheaton were
A waste processing firm has been slapped with a £5,000 fine for breaching a planning enforcement notice by piling mounds of stock in “unauthorised” areas. Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard Thomas Crompton Excavations ignored an
25 years ago: Protesters opposed to plans for extending flying hours at Leeds Bradford Airport were stepping up their campaign with a leaflet drop. 50 years ago: Smoking in waiting rooms, corridors and departments was to be prohibited in hospitals covered
We are supposed to be a nation of animal lovers. According to research by PetPlan pet insurance, Britain’s pet population stood at 24 million last year, but, according to new figures from the RSPCA, not everyone treats their pets kindly. The huge rise
With 5,800 listed buildings in Bradford district, it would be an ideal place to site the sort of heritage construction college suggested by Liberal Democrats today. The skills needed to maintain and repair these buildings have to be preserved, and what
SIR – Terry Tordoff is one of those many Bradfordians who, as a consequence of attending the ‘school of hard knocks’, has developed a sense of humour that has helped many on the shop floor of Bradford’s industrial life. I laugh out loud at his letters
SIR – Mr Reeves, the Chief Executive of Bradford Council, has no business writing letters to the Telegraph & Argus (Friday, April 13). We elect councillors to do that, and we often enjoy reading about their antics in your columns, and you occasionally
SIR – Some time ago, during an industrial dispute about wages, it was suggested that those who were complaining about the strikers’ irresponsibility should first say how much they were earning. It would be interesting if those now complaining about building
SIR – Demolition of the Chain Street site is long overdue, but if it is to be replaced by a mishmash of residences like those depicted by an artist (T&A, April 21), then the opportunity to create a model estate will have been wasted. If approved by
SIR – I think it’s great Gareth Gates is appearing in a new musical at Leeds Playhouse, Loserville, to give his local fans a chance to enjoy not just his singing but also his acting skills. The musical was written by James Bourne from Busted who has
SIR – The photographs which you published showed people in splendid isolation at City Park (St George’s celebrations, T&A April 23), because there was hardly anybody there. I was there for three hours and the maximum nunber of spectators counted within
SIR – In response to Mr Holmans’s constructive criticism of a letter from Andrew Appleton (T&A, April 18), certainly since 1945 or even pre-war, few senior Labour politicians have ever come entirely from the ranks of the workers, uneducated or otherwise
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Naveeda Ikram, presented trophies and dan grading honours for Bradford Shotokan Academy at Odsal’s Richard Dunn Sports Centre. Eight students achieved dan grades ranging from first to third, and the Lord Mayor also
SIR – Bradford city centre has some significant buildings – City Hall, Wool Exchange, St George’s Hall and the Alhambra Theatre to name but a few. In my opinion, the former Sunwin House/ T J Hughes building should be added to that list, with its clean
Furious parents have been told that a town’s schools are ‘full up’ so they must send their children seven miles away. Leeds City Council has delivered the bombshell to ten addresses across Otley stating that since no local reception places were left,
A man has been jailed for three years for biting off his brother-in-law’s ear in a drunken attack at a family Christmas party. Stephen Marshall severed Marcus Jagger’s left ear by champing forcefully on it after he was asked to leave the Boxing Day gathering
Liberal Democrats are campaigning for a heritage construction college to be established in Bradford. Lib Dem leaders yesterday unveiled their plans for the project which they say will offer the chance to use the district’s heritage to create jobs and
The families of loved ones who have given the gift of life to others by donating their organs braved the rain yesterday for the unveiling of a memorial rose garden at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Thirty-two roses, each one representing a donor from the
A brave teenager whose incredibly rare stomach disorder has baffled some of the country’s leading experts plans to raise money for research into the condition – and ensure a better life for other young sufferers. Amy May Knowles, 17, of Keighley, has
Mick Potter is considering gambling on the fitness of Luke Gale in Saturday’s Challenge Cup fifth-round showdown at Warrington. The scrum half has been sidelined for over two months after sustaining ankle ligament damage against Wigan on February
A former Bradford Council executive member last night hit back at fresh claims about his conduct. Craven ward councillor Adrian Naylor has confirmed he willingly took part in a meeting with the council’s chief executive and a monitoring officer
Luke Oliver has revealed the secret behind his success this season – regular visits to a mind coach. City’s towering centre half swept the board at the club’s prize night, where he was named player of the year as well as picking up five other
Parents of Bradford pupils targeted by a gang of thieves and robbers have revealed their fears for their children. Police are investigating ten incidents within weeks in which mobile phones were stolen in robberies or thefts. Parents also say youngsters
Regional transport chiefs have agreed funding of up to £200,000 to create a one-way system in Keighley for a scheme designed to ease traffic congestion around a new multi-million pound shopping centre. West Yorkshire Integrated Transport
A Shipley-based healthy living charity which specialises in combating sexual health, drink and drugs problems has won £35,000 to fund future life-saving projects in one of the country’s most prestigious healthcare awards. Health Action Local Engagement
The number of blazes at derelict properties in Bradford sparked by metal thieves and rough sleepers has fallen after an action plan by an arson task force. New figures compiled by West Yorkshire Fire Authority show there has been an 11 per cent reduction
Kyle Briggs looked Mick Potter in the eye during the winter and told him he was ready to prove himself in a Bulls jersey. After a cruel run of injury troubles during his debut campaign at Odsal, Briggs believed 2012 could be his year. Instead, on the
Adam Lyth is by no means Yorkshire’s forgotten man. The fluent left-handed batsman, close to England selection as recently as late 2010, has been consigned to second-team action during the opening weeks of the current county campaign.
A dishonest Bradford bank worker has been ordered by a court to hand back more than £5,000 she made from her involvement in fraud. Minakshi Mahay, 29, of Deanwood Avenue, Allerton, Bradford, a former cashier at the HSBC in Manchester Road, was last year
Residents have been urged to keep raising concerns with police after 58 cannabis plants were seized from a Denholme address. Officers executed a search warrant at the house on Monday and found the cannabis and equipment. They dismantled the equipment
A man has been given a caution for producing a class B drug following the discovery of a cannabis factory. Officers who went to a house in Park Lane, Little Horton, Bradford, after the report of a burglary, found the cannabis factory. Forensic evidence
The jury in the trial of a former assistant head teacher accused of sexually abusing pupils has been discharged. The panel cleared Peter Merrick of one allegation of indecent assault on a male person under 16 but was unable to reach verdicts on further
