Yorkshire’s memorable Champions League t20 journey ended in a four-wicket defeat to Chennai Super Kings in Durban today. Invited to bat, the county posted a below par 140-6, despite Gary Ballance’s excellent 38-ball 58, including five sixes.
Bradford Park Avenue and Blue Square Bet North Division rivals Guiseley both featured in the televised FA Cup first round proper draw on Sunday lunchtime but they clash in another cup competition tomorrow night. They have been paired together in
Attempts to breathe life back into high streets in the Bradford district will benefit from a cash injection. Bradford is today named on a Government list of areas set to benefit from £10,000 to help kick-start local plans to rejuvenate the high
West Yorkshire Fire Service has been named Charity Fundraising Brigade of the Year at the National Spirit of Fire Awards in London. The service was awarded the accolade in front of a star-studded audience by The Fire Fighters Charity. West
Well-wishers dug deep to help a children’s cancer charity after reading of the bravery of two-year-old leukaemia sufferer Edward Clarke. About 40 fundraisers donned fancy dress and took to the streets of Yeadon in support of Candlighters. Although
Workplace injury experts are calling on construction firms in Bradford to make health and safety a top priority on building sites after a spate of inspections raised serious concerns about standards. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried
Aidy Boothroyd will demand a response from shell-shocked Northampton when he tackles his boyhood club tomorrow night. The Eccleshill-born Cobblers boss was stunned by their 4-0 capitulation at Barnet on Friday night – the basement club’s first
Buttershaw White Star are through to the third round of the Bradford & District FA Sunday Senior Cup. Two goals in as many minutes just before half-time put Buttershaw in command against Mill Lane. Graeme Sides and Curtis McMahon opened the
A Bradford councillor has been arrested in connection with a street brawl in Keighley. Councillor Abid Hussain (Lab, Keighley Central) was one of six men arrested over the weekend following the torching of a car in Devonshire Street where he lives
Despite a goal from Brad White, Yorkshire Amateur League side Calverley United were beaten 3-1 by visitors Old Headingley in the second round of the Bradford & District Saturday Senior Cup. Grangefield Old Boys had better luck in the first round
Police have launched a crackdown on motorists who misuse a car-share lane. The lane, on the A650 between Dudley Hill roundabout and Knowles Lane was designed to slash journey times and cut congestion. The scheme has provoked a mixed reaction, with
West Bowling were involved in a thrilling first-round FA Sunday Cup tie at Horsfall Stadium yesterday. Their visitors were Thirly from the Liverpool Business League, and West Bowling hit the woodwork three times in the first half, with Joe Jagger
District cup action meant there was only one Spen Valley League Premier Division game, Fairbank United defeating Marsh 4-2 thanks to Faisal Shabir’s hat-trick, Shamus Akbar getting the other goal. Naveed Khan (2) led the way for ALC
Bradford Dragons finished off their National Trophy group stage in style with a brace of away wins over the weekend. Dragons travelled to Reading on Saturday to face a strong Rockets side who were clinging onto their own chances of qualification
Salts booked their place in the quarter-final stages of the Bradford & District FA Saturday Senior Cup, with Sam Waterhouse (2) and Dominic Lazenby scoring the goals in a 3-0 second-round victory over holders Campion. In the process, Salts avenged
Tyersal were denied a share of top spot in the West Riding County Amateur League, alongside Premier Division leaders Steeton. After leading visitors Kirkburton 3-1 at half-time, Tyersal had to settle for a point after their opponents
BRADFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL BILLIARDS LEAGUE – Bradford Deaf Centre 1, Eastbrook 6; Great Horton 2, Pudsey 5; Princeville A 4, Princeville B 3. Breaks: S Kershaw (Princeville B) 56; P Devitt (Eastbrook) 51, 32; M Cockcroft (Eastbrook)
A football fan was jailed for 16 weeks today after he admitted attacking a goalkeeper during a televised football match. Aaron Cawley, 21, from Cheltenham, pleaded guilty to assault and invading the pitch during Sheffield Wednesday’s home match
A controversial book about Bradford football hooliganism is set to benefit the city’s burns research unit, set up after the Valley Parade fire disaster. Bradford City fan Kevin McDonnell has written Getting A Nasty Shock – The Bradford Ointment
Ghost-hunters have offered to help the landlord of one of Bingley’s oldest pubs after a terrified barman heard giggling from its resident spirit. Sceptic Jake Softly was working alone in the 16th century coaching inn, the White Horse, when he heard
A resident whose home was ruined by leaks is fighting for compensation. Mick Swithenbank moved into a flat provided by housing association Incommunities on Festival Avenue, Shipley in 2007, but within a year he was experiencing leaks from the ceiling
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Cert 15, 100 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment). Starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Robin McLeavy, Marton Csokas, Erin Wasson ** As a boy in Pigeon Creek
Cave Painting – Votive Life (Third Rock) ** I’d recently seen the name of this band written down somewhere (probably on Facebook) and so I was quite intrigued as to what they would sound like. I found Votive Life to be a huge disappointment and
Alison McQueen – The Secret Children (Orion, £7.99) **** This is a wonderful book depicting Serafina and her sister Mary who grow up on a tea plantation increasingly perplexed and confused by their father’s increasing failure to visit their once-loved
Poems On The Underground edited by Judith Cherniak, Gerard Benson and Cicely Herbert Penguin Classics, £16.99 Poems on London’s tube trains have been a feature of metropolitan life since 1986. Since then the idea has caught on across the world
Recycling garden debris is one of the best and most economical ways of boosting your soil, and now’s the time to put your eco-friendly hat on and make some leaf mould out of fallen leaves. Leaf mould is a humus-rich soil conditioner which makes
SIR – This Government is encouraging workers in addition to the state pension to have a works pension. I have one which I have drawn for many years. I have now reached the age and with my physical disability that it has become necessary to have
SIR – It seems strange that the Council should vote against the Liberal Democrats’ proposal on licensing of landlords in the private housing sector when the evidence points to the fact that many run-down properties in the privately rented sector have
SIR – When I was young, Shipley Glen was a magnet for fans of ‘alfresco love’, now a national newspaper claims that lust-crazed couples are invading the moors around the Parish of Haworth (T&A, October 9). Police said they had received no reports
SIR – Kidz Unlimited, which has a club in Bradford, is competing in the final of The National Lottery Awards 2012 and is calling on your readers to help it win before voting closes on Sunday, October 28. Charity Whizz Kidz runs the Kidz Unlimited
SIR – I sympathise with Mr Hinchcliffe suddenly finding his car insurance costs almost quadrupling due to his move to Bradford (Letters, October 19). Did no-one warn him that he was entering the Bermuda Triangle of car insurance crime? Not
A disabled table tennis player dreaming of making it to the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics in 2016 is calling for sponsorship and support after his funding was cut when he needed to take a year out of the sport for major surgery. Oye Jemiyo, of Bierley
A heart procedure which uses a diamond-encrusted drill to blast away hardened arteries is being offered to patients in Bradford for the first time. Consultant cardiologists at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Kurian and Steven
A charity boss is reflecting on her visit to the troubled Syrian-Turkish border and is appealing for help. Anjum Tahirkheli, founder and chief executive of Bradford-based international charity Basic Human Rights, made her second trip to Syria in
SIR – I agree entirely with Steve Vaughan (Letters, October 17). If the Council does not do something about our congested roads then regeneration and the whole future of Bradford will be hindered. However, while investigating the congestion in
SIR – The new Justice Secretary Chris Grayling cheered up his party’s conference by telling delegates that he will make it easier for householders to shoot burglars and not face prosecution. It sounds good but the deaths on duty of John Fordham and
SIR – Don’t readily condemn a relative or friend for not sending you their usual greetings card this Christmas, for they might have become one of the millions who are finding it hard to keep their heads above water in these hard times. Some are
SIR – On Friday, November 2, the Bradford & District Disabled People’s Forum will be taking action against cuts to disability benefits and services as part of the Hardest Hit campaign. I am urging other readers to speak out because there are
SIR – As a former actor/committee member of Bradford Playhouse in Little Germany, I fully support the sentiments in your leader column (T&A, October 16) on the latest attempt to save the theatre. Let us not, however, fail to realise how important
Commuting from Bradford is a daily battle. Drivers regularly travelling along the city’s arterial routes don’t need statistics to tell them the Bradford and Leeds area is congested. Sitting in long queues is sufficient evidence. According to
Bradford city centre’s empty shop units are a long-running cause for concern. Nothing puts potential shoppers off coming into the centre like abandoned shops and large for sale or to let signs, and what is worse they hardly make the city centre
Last year we were all saddened and disgusted by the actions of thugs who spat at, abused and even assaulted people who were selling poppies in Bradford to raise funds for the Royal British Legion. No-one, whoever they are, deserves such treatment
Autumn, bringing the change of colour of the trees from green to a bright orange, the sunny days with a nip in the air, the warm scarves and big jumpers... There’s no better time to explore the scenery in and around the Dales, where virtually every
Motorists faced rush hour chaos this morning with long tailbacks on the eastbound M62 and the southbound M606. The problems stemmed from a broken down vehicle between Junction 26 of the eastbound M62 at Chain Bar and J27 at Gildersome. The
James Meredith reckons City have rediscovered their ruthless touch just in time for the next hectic month. The left back sealed Saturday’s 3-1 comeback win over Cheltenham with an emphatic first goal for the club. It was City’s first victory
Ian Sibbit has crossed codes following his departure from the Bulls and joined amateur rugby union outfit Preston Grasshoppers. The 32-year-old Wiganer retired from Super League at the end of the 2012 campaign and has started working as a personal
A storm of controversy is brewing over plans to open another instant money loans shop in the heart of Bradford’s prime retail quarter. A group representing existing traders said the city already had more than its share of payday loans companies
Thieves have desecrated a historic cemetery with Bronte links by uprooting and stealing three ancient headstones which have been there for the last 200 years. The crime, described by police as despicable, is believed to have been committed to get
A rugby league club has been forced to change the wording of its couples promotional offer for discounted season tickets for an “adult male and female” – after a gay and lesbian group claimed it may break discrimination laws. Bradford-based Equity
A Bradford church has had to undergo emergency repair work, forcing a children’s centre to temporarily relocate to a nearby school. Allerton Children’s Centre is to hold its sessions at Ley Top Primary School, in Avenel Road, until Christmas while
City 3, Cheltenham 1 Phil Parkinson is delighted to change the record at last. It has been the same old song in recent weeks – a tune of heartbreak and missed opportunity; chances going begging; points slipping away. Bittersweet lyrics
Bath bombs, slime, musical clowns and magnetic motors were all the order of the weekend as Bradford Science Festival came to an end. Demonstrations at Bradford University attracted hundreds of youngsters and their parents to see how mixing bicarbonate
