Bradford Park Avenue will have a new away kit for the 2012-13 season in the Blue Square Bet North Division to tie in with a 150-year anniversary. The club are also hoping to sign up a new sponsor for the strip. Chief executive Bob Blackburn
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: construction of single-storey rear extension, 22 Browsfield Road. Addingham: signage, Craven Heifer, Main Street. Baildon: renewal of permission 09/01305/FUL dated
This is a big weekend for East Bierley, who are third in the JCT600 Bradford League First Division table, and for their experienced opening batsman Gavin Hamilton. On Saturday, the England and Scotland international is part of a South View Road side
England C striker James Walshaw has signed a contract for Guiseley, as has Stalybridge Celtic left back Andy McWilliams. Walshaw, 28, scored three goals in 15 appearances for cash-strapped Conference side Darlington last season before being loaned to
Ryan Sidebottom has been ruled out for approximately a month with a right calf strain. The veteran swing bowler, 34, suffered the injury in training earlier this week. He is set to miss the rest of the t20 group stages and almost certainly a quarter-final
Yorkshire are unconcerned by Ajmal Shahzad’s influence from afar as they prepare to face Roses rivals Lancashire in tomorrow night’s mouthwatering Friends Life t20 clash at Headingley. Shahzad, on loan at Lancashire for the rest of the season after
Teenager George Robson played a key role in Morley’s thrilling three-wicket win over Baildon which took them into the semi-finals of the JCT600 Bradford League's Dyson Insulations Twenty20 Cup for the first time. Robson, 16, took 5-21 as Baildon were
Bulls coach Mick Potter insists it is business as usual as he prepares his team for tomorrow night’s Super League clash at leaders Wigan amid continuing uncertainty over the club’s future. Administrator Brendan Guilfoyle, who is now in charge of beleaguered
A pensioner has issued an appeal for information after a distinctive model of an Easter Island statue was stolen from his garden. The figure was being carved from Yorkshire Stone by Philip Doherty, who had hoped to enter it into this year’s
Silsden boss Chris Reape is confident he will have a similar squad to last season when the new one starts with a trip to AFC Liverpool in the North West Counties League Premier Division. The big kick-off is on Saturday, August 4 and a home
Danny Hull picked up the players’ player of the season accolade at Brighouse Town’s well-attended presentation night. Tom Brown was handed the supporters’ player of the season, while Gregg Porter was the manager’s player of the year. Tom Matthews
A housing and care provider for older people and adults with learning difficulties is set to create 90 new jobs as it expands its care operations in the Bradford district. Hica at Home has said it’s expanding its workforce in the region to meet an increasing
Laisterdyke A climbed to second in Division Two of the Bradford Summer League after holding off a spirited comeback from Hermits A. Fazal Hussain and Safraz Khan both won their first two singles as Laisterdyke surged into a 4-1 lead, with Mick Kosmowsky
The halfway point of a rain-interrupted Aire-Wharfe League season arrives on Saturday with some mouth-watering top-of-the-table clashes. And when you remember that the reverse of these fixtures will mark the final day of the season, there is an important
BRADFORD No1 AA: Saturday’s junior match at Raskelf was won by Connor Mahoney with 16lb 2oz of bream and tench. Joint-second were Morgan Freer and Matt Foster with 12lb 2oz. Liam Jones won the under-11s with 11lb 13oz, followed by Sam Taylor with 11lb
Entries for the Bradford Ladies Championship at Shipley from July 25-27 close this weekend. Reigning champion Natalie Ireland, of the host club, will be defending her title. Qualifying rounds are held on Wednesday, July 25 to find eight gross and
Play was possible in some Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League Premier and First Division games but there was little joy for the district's representatives as Birstall mustered only 151-7 chasing New Farnley's 189-8 and Batley went down by two wickets
BRADFORD EVENING LEAGUE – Division One: Thornton 102-7 (J Hutchinson 27, S Ali 3-30), Haworth Road 103-1 (M Altaf 41no, F Rehman 44no); Apperley Bridge 78 (Y Khan 24), Allerton 81-8 (J Waddington 23, M Amir 3-12); Azad 134-4, Windhill 135-4; John Breare
A Bradford-based multi-million pound construction company is set to seek compensation after losing thousands of pounds and its “credibility” when it was left without its internet service for nearly a week. PEC Building Services has said it lost tenders
If the GTC doesn’t quite do it for you, Vauxhall have another even more powerful Astra lined up. The Astra VXR goes on sale in July, boasting all the style, power and performance you could demand from a family hatchback. At £26,995, it sounds expensive
Fiat has enjoyed a reputation as the comeback kid in recent years. The 500 led the way with a MINI-style revival of an historic name, while Punto and Panda have earned favourable reviews, too. But what of Bravo? This is Fiat’s model designed to take
If the GTC doesn’t quite do it for you, Vauxhall have another even more powerful Astra lined up. The Astra VXR goes on sale in July, boasting all the style, power and performance you could demand from a family hatchback. At £26,995, it sounds expensive
Environment Agency bosses are warning that heavy rain could lead to surface water flooding in parts of Yorkshire. Over the next two days, heavy showers are expected in the region. These showers will be short, sharp and often heavy in places. The Environment
From chimneys pumping out plumes of smoke to City Hall hemmed in by slightly different surroundings to today, a collection of aerial pictures of Bradford from the first half of the 20th century has been made public for the first time this week. The pictures
A car door had to be cut off by firefighters so rescuers could free a trapped passenger after a two-vehicle crash in Morley Street, Bradford, just before 11.30pm today. Two other people with the released passenger who were in the Ford Focus also received
Signalling problems between Shipley and Guiseley earlier today that prevented trains calling at Baildon have now been solved and services are running as normal. The problem was detected just before 7am with a special bus link service being
A Bradford mum is looking for £5,000 sponsorship to win charity status for a new nationwide advice group. Maralyn Adey came up with the idea for LDHS (Learning Disabilities Hospital Support) after her 27-year-old son Kristian, who has Down’s Syndrome
An 81-year-old woman fell to the floor while struggling with a burglar who stole £70 from her flat, a jury at Bradford Crown Court heard. Dorothy Tennant suffered bruising in a tussle with neighbour Rosalyn Edmonson who was trying to stop her
The first children on a Bradford estate to join a book scheme for under-fives are being registered this week. Several families in the Canterbury area of the city have been invited to be part of a test registration for the Imagination Library. The book-gifting
Bradford is a home repossession ‘hotspot’, according to new research released by housing and homelessness charity Shelter. The district has a possession claims rate of 5.60 per 1,000 homes, compared to an English average of 3.50. This is the third highest
Until a few years ago, Bradford Central Library had a small but flourishing publications unit. Among the local history groups it supported was the East Bowling History Workshop, founded in September 1978, which used to meet every Monday afternoon and
The Government has apparently invented a new way of making policy – an idea is proposed and put forward for legislation and it’s then withdrawn when it is overwhelmed by the public outcry. This was certainly what happened when they tried to sell off
A Bradford chef died almost immediately when his neck bone was cleaved by a single blow from behind, a murder trial jury heard yesterday. Amjad Hussain suffered bleeding from “a huge, gaping, incised wound,” Home Office pathologist, Dr Brian Rodgers,
Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor Jeanette Sunderland has criticised Labour for increasing the charges for sitting services by 200 per cent. It follows a review of the means-tested charges for adult home and day care services in the district.
A descendent of one of the founders of herbal remedy company Heath and Heather is opening a new health food store in Shipley. Jonathan Martell, the great-great grandson of leading herbalist James Ryder, who started selling affordable remedies in 1920
A Council scheme to boost energy needs by harnessing water flow at a weir near Roberts Park received a boost last night. Members of the Shipley Area Committee gave their approval to a report on proposals for the scheme, which would harness power from
New figures released by tourism chiefs reveal more than 100,000 spectators turned out to watch the Olympic flame as it made its way through Bradford district as part of its historic 8,000-mile trip around the UK. A total of 30,000 Bradfordians
Medal hopefuls, a torchbearer, commentators and a performer are among a catalogue of connections Bradford Grammar School has with this summer’s London Olympics. The Keighley Road school played its first part in the games when Tim Boden, father of Baildon
A signalling problem on the railway line between Shipley and Guiseley means no trains are stopping at Baildon. The problem was reported to engineers at Northern Rail just before 7am and a special bus link service was put on for commuters travelling
Pupils from the district were yesterday sharing their enthusiasm for the Saltaire world heritage site at a UNESCO Youth Summit. Five Year 9 students from Titus Salt School, Baildon, are among teenagers from 20 of the country’s world heritage sites taking
SIR – If it is true, as Councillor Cath Pinnock suggests (T&A, June 25), that Kirklees Council has underspent on its revenue budget for 2011/12 by £6 million, then I would welcome her suggestion that part of this money could be used on libraries, roads
SIR – Once again, Republican Max Hey launched into a diatribe against the monarchy (Letters, June 22). May I point out that this country is not a slave to a personality cult, it’s just that the people therein know which side their bread is buttered,
SIR – If David Cameron thinks Jimmy Carr’s tax dodge was morally wrong, why isn’t he using his powers as Prime Minister to stop this kind of thing happening? At the moment Cameron seems to hope that a few sound bites on TV will be enough to make the fuss
SIR – I had hoped to enjoy the Olympic flame event at the weekend, but due to somebody’s oversight, I endured it. Why? Because somebody didn’t think ahead and lower the height of the water fountain nearest the walkway barricade due to the blustery
SIR – The republicans complained about what they called the Diamond Jubilee hysteria. Well, am I the only one fed up with the forthcoming Olympics? Especially the ungrammatical hype about torches, referred to as the torch as if there were only one.
One of Britain’s most successful boxers was re-united with Keighley’s mayor, a former professional boxer, who joined him on the bill at his last fight. Councillor George Metcalf and John Conteh attended a sportsman’s evening at the Engineers
SIR – Something has got to be done about the smoking situation outside the main entrances of St Luke’s Hospital and Bradford Royal Infirmary. On the few occasions I have been there, I have always been greeted by clouds of second-hand smoke from selfish
SIR – Having stood on the terraces at Odsal for the past 27 years, I am confident that professional rugby league will continue to be played in Bradford for many years to come. I have been overwhelmed at the pride, passion and enthusiasm shown by the
Bradford used to have professional wrestling, greyhound racing, world class speedway, county cricket and occasionally Test Match cricket at Bradford Park Avenue, two professional football clubs and, of course, rugby league at Odsal. In the past 42 years
The amount of money written off by Bradford Council for uncollected parking fines over the past two years is a staggering one. More than £400,000 has, for whatever reason, been unable to be collected by the Council. But what will be most infuriating
A driver and three passengers had a lucky escape last night when the car they were in flipped onto its roof on Cottingley Bridge. It happened at about 11.30pm as the car crossed over the River Aire in Bradford Road and lost control.
Administrators battling to save Bradford Bulls from liquidation have been left disappointed after the only expression of interest in taking on the crisis-torn club has now been withdrawn. The Telegraph & Argus reported yesterday how the rugby
Paul Deacon is praying the Bulls can survive the looming threat of liquidation as he prepares to cross swords with his former club tomorrow night. Deacon played in all five of the Bulls’ consecutive Super League Grand Finals earlier this decade
The memory of an “incredible” mother who succumbed to cervical cancer will live on when her husband turns her memoirs into a book for their four-year-old daughter. Brave Kirsty Deakin, of Keighley, died this month aged just 25 following a battle with
City are going back to their roots with the new home kit for next season. Phil Parkinson’s team will step out at Valley Parade in hoops – echoing the shirts first worn when they were formed from the Manningham rugby club in 1903. The
Direct flights from Leeds Bradford Airport to Heathrow four times a day, will begin in December, it has been announced. Some flights will cost just £42, according to bosses at the airport and British Airways, who will be running the new service which
A former Bradford club singer who once replaced Forces sweetheart Anne Shelton to entertain troops has died from cancer, aged 88. Evelyn Hindle, known as Eve-Lynn on stage, came to the rescue of a Christmas benefit concert for soldiers while serving
arking fines worth £400,000 have been written off or cancelled by Bradford Council in the last two years, it has been revealed. Stolen, foreign or incorrectly registered vehicles account for a chunk of the lost revenue, with written off or
Plans by the Education Minister to transform failing schools into academies have been blasted by Bradford Council’s politician responsible for children’s services, who described it as a “power grab” by London. Councillor Ralph Berry, the executive member
Campaigners fighting plans for a £25 million hi-tech business park on Bradford Council-owned land have accused the authority of destroying wildlife habitats at the site. Members of Baildon Residents Against Inappropriate Develop-ment claim trees used
It is being billed as potentially the Bulls’ last-ever Super League game but tomorrow’s trip to Wigan is also an opportunity for Keith Lulia to exorcise a few demons. The Warriors romped to a thumping 54-16 success at Odsal in February for
