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  • Plunkett has plenty to prove with Yorkshire

    Liam Plunkett is under no illusions that he has arrived at Yorkshire with a point to prove. The experienced former Durham fast bowler’s career has stalled since making the last of his 39 appearances in all forms of the game for England in a one-day

  • Billiards results

    Bradford & District Sunday School Billiards League – Knockout Competition results, Group One: Princeville A 1137, Bradford Deaf Centre 1085. Group Two: Pudsey 1088, Great Horton 1028. Break: J Allan (Pudsey) 36.

  • 'Bradford is one of the UK hotspots for freelances'

    Bradford is one of the UK hotspots for freelance working after a huge rise in the number of people hiring out their skills over the past year, according to new research. It shows that the number of Bradford freelancers has grown by 165 per cent

  • Denton inspires Dewsbury Sedbergh to shock victory

    Bradford Table Tennis League Division One title favourites and defending champions Highdale B lost their 100 per cent record when they came up against an inspired Ian Denton for Dewsbury Sedbergh. Highdale had only conceded 12 sets in winning

  • Antony is on Song in Sutton Rogues' romp

    Sutton Rogues under-11s won 6-1 at Thackley Thunder in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League with goals from Antony Songo (3), Ciaren Crabtree (2) and Harry Coburn.  Meanwhile, Albion Sports under-eights have showed their resilience in bouncing

  • Albion Sports match off

    Tonight's Northern Counties East League Division One game between Albion Sports and Pontefract has been postponed due to a frozen pitch at Horsfall Stadium.

  • Bradford City reinstated to FA Cup

    City are back in the FA Cup after an appeal at Wembley today. They had been kicked out last week for fielding on-loan defender Curtis Good in the second round game with Brentford without all the necessary clearance. But director of operations

  • University of Bradford to hold conference on equality

    A conference on the relationship between sports, equality and inclusion will be held at the University of Bradford on Thursday. The Rosa Parks symposium, organised by the university, Bradford Council and partner organisations in recognition of

  • Serious accident at car repair centre

    A busy Keighley road was closed to traffic this morning after a serious accident at a nearby car repair business. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called to the scene of the incident at the Autocraft Repair Centre off South Street. Police cordoned

  • 100 firms sign up for new E3 project in Bradford

    More than 100 firms have joined the E3 Bradford scheme which promises to deliver home-grown talent. A key part of E3’s activities is creating a new enterprise curriculum for education institutions across the city. But E3 Bradford chairman Paul

  • Keighley shoe shop safe from closure

    Keighley’s Shoe Zone store is safe despite the closure of 90 branches of its sister company Stead & Simpson. Bosses confirmed that none of the Shoe Zone-branded stores – including the outlet in Airedale Shopping Centre – were affected.

  • Bradford care homes' bid for charity hit single

    Forget One Direction’s teenage heartthrob Zayn Malik – could Bradford’s next chart stars be over 60? A company which runs two care homes in the city is on the hunt for older people to help write a hit charity single. Staff at Springfield Care

  • MP Davies blasts Council over green fields building

    Bradford Council’s urge to build on Aire Valley greenfield sites is a ‘senseless answer’ to the needs of its booming inner city population and creates country homes which those people simply do not want, Shipley MP Philip Davies has claimed. Mr

  • Staff lose jobs as Guiseley Comet shuts

    Guiseley Comet has closed with the loss of 16 jobs. The Guiseley shop became one of the latest to fall victim this week as more and more of the electrical retail outlets are shut down. The company is running an employee assistance programme

  • Bradford Council formally approves new Recorder

    Bradford councillors last night formally approved Judge Roger Thomas QC as the new Honorary Recorder of Bradford. His appointment follows the retirement of Judge James Stewart QC, and is subject to the approval of the senior presiding Judge for

  • Bradford finance firm to contact customers over bank refunds

    A Bradford-based finance organisation is to contact more than 150,000 former customers of defunct bank Northern Rock with details of possible payments worth an average of £1,775 in compensation following a paperwork error. UK Asset Resolution,

  • Lucky number 12 for Bingley birthday girl Millie

    Twelve may have to be young Millie Markham’s new lucky number. The Beckfoot School pupil turns 12 today – the 12/12/12. Her mother, Janette Markham, said: “Millie realised when she was eight that she was going to turn 12 on the twelfth of the

  • Steam loco with Bradford links back in the UK for makeover

    A streamlined steam locomotive that once took wealthy Bradford woolmen from Bradford to London more than 70 years ago was being shown off to the public today. The Dwight D Eisenhower, the class of A4 loco as the record-breaking Mallard, which reached

  • Wednesday, December 12, 2012

    25 years ago: Blue comedian Chubby Brown left Bradford councillors seeing red after a sell-out performance at St George’s Hall. Some councillors were so offended by his act they called for him to be banned from ever appearing at any of the council-run

  • Pickles must stand by his decision

    It is vital that Local Government Minister Eric Pickles stands by his original decision to reject plans for more than 400 homes at a greenfield site in Bingley, despite the High Court ruling that he must look at the development again. The planned

  • ‘Make Christmas a time for peace’

    A proud-looking dad strides through the aisles of a supermarket like a hunter in the wild, filling his trolley with Christmas goodies, to the delight of his wife and children. The festive TV advert is one of many currently doing the rounds, all

  • Odeon ‘built to last’

    SIR – The letter (T&A, December 6) from R G Jennings FRICS on the Odeon disappoints me. His first comment on “a cool wind of common sense” is correct. There has been ten years awaiting, plus so many missed opportunities to put the building

  • Position not secure

    SIR – After watching the Shadow Chancellor’s lacklustre performance when responding to the Autumn Budget Statement in the Commons last week, I wondered if Ed Balls MP was destined to be like Neil Kinnock before him, one of Labour’s greatest electoral

  • So sick of excuses

    SIR – So, Council leader David Green is not surprised that staff sickness rates at Bradford Council are set to rise again to possibly 11 days per annum per person (T&A, December 1)? He cites stress in worrying about job losses and higher levels

  • Time to give up milk

    SIR – The milk industry is in crisis, with costs squeezed all the way along the production line. Farmers complain of unfair prices and contracts, while continuing to receive significant subsidies financed by us, the taxpayer. Further public funds

  • Store plan unrealistic

    SIR – Whether Shipley needs another supermarket is a matter for its own debate. However, the suggestion (T&A, December 10) that a new supermarket could be built on the Cardinal site at the junction of Salts Mill Road and Otley Road, on the

  • Pavement drivers are putting lives at risk

    SIR – It appears that the road laws don’t apply to certain members of the driving community. On numerous occasions I have witnessed cars driving on the pavement on Mayo Avenue towards the petrol station at Staygate Roundabout just after coming

  • Ideas on refuse are just rubbish

    If I was asked to introduce a system of household waste collection that ticked all the boxes, and emptied the bins regularly, it would look like this: There would be a collection every week, though not the same each week, and it wouldn't allow smelly

  • One-man protest over station closure

    In the autumn of 1940, the year that Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke of the many owing so much to the few, a Bradford man went to war with the London Midland Steam railway company. In the early afternoon of Monday, October 28, bowler-hatted

  • Keighley MP speaks out over Northern Ireland protests

    The former leader of Bradford Council has condemned the violent attacks in Northern Ireland which have included the attempted murder of a female police officer. Kris Hopkins (pictured), who is now MP for Keighley, spoke in the Commons yesterday

  • 'Michael a role model to us all'

    Quest Taekwondo’s Michael Taylor has been promoted to 1st kup red/black belt and now looks forward to taking his black belt examination in 2013. Taylor’s achievement is notable due to the fact that he is profoundly deaf and has severe short-term

  • Suspected arson attack on Bradford taxi firm

    A fire in a Frizinghall taxi office this morning has been described as suspicious. Firefighters were called to the offices of Jet Link Private Hire at Shower’s Mill on Frizinghall Road at 5.50am. When they arrived, the fire had already burned itself

  • How railway helped turn muck to brass

    The saying ‘Where’s there’s muck there’s brass’ was never more true in the case of the internal railway system that used to operate at Esholt sewage works. Re-processed human waste matter was used as fuel to power steam locomotives on the site.

  • Two men jailed after Bingley supermarket is robbed

    Two men have been given substantial jail sentences for a robbery conspiracy, which included a terrifying raid at a Bingley supermarket. A Bradford detective, who investigated the attempted armed robbery, last night warned violent criminals they

  • Baildon mum makes a film star out of a butternut squash!

    Shipley has got a new movie star in its midst – a butternut squash called Ben. Film-maker and mother-of-one Julie Wilkinson is pinning her hopes on the unlikely celebrity, hoping he will help win her a £5,000 prize in a competition. The 31-

  • Bantams have a blast to beat misfiring Gunners

    Bradford City 1 Arsenal 1 After extra-time, City win 3-2 on penalties Football does not get better than this. Tuesday, December 11, 2012 will be forever etched in the Bradford City history books. Like Wembley '96, Molineux ’99, the David

  • Bingley market future agreement

    Councillors last night agreed that bosses at the authority should work towards a sustainable future for Bingley Market, and welcomed interest from local businesses in taking it over. But during a heated debate, Labour and Conservative councillors

  • Bradford Council to lobby for £17m for social care

    Bradford Council is to lobby the Government for an “urgent cash injection” to deal with what it believes will equal around £17 million of extra investment needed in adult social care by 2020 to meeting an increasing demand for services in the district

  • Bid to tackle false whiplash claims

    Plans by the Government to reduce the huge number of whiplash claims have been welcomed in Bradford, where double the number of people claim for the injury than the national average. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling yesterday launched a consultation

  • Girl with brain tumour jets off for Santa surprise

    A ten-year-old girl diagnosed with a brain tumour in February has ended the year on a high with a magical trip to Lapland to meet Father Christmas. Nicole Bowers was accompanied by her dad, Tere Bowers, on the trip which was organised by the When

  • Tax and benefits changes approved by Bradford Council

    Members of Bradford Council last night agreed to changes in council tax benefit and current council tax exemptions on empty properties and second homes. The Labour-controlled executive had put forward both sets of alterations, which come as a result

  • One in five people in district now of Pakistani origin

    Bradford has more Pakistani residents than any other place in England and Wales, new census data reveals. Twenty per cent of people in the district – a total of 107,000 people – identified themselves as an Asian or British Asian of Pakistani descent

  • Bradford City make Capital under Parkinson

    It had to be penalties didn’t it? Phil Parkinson’s men, amid extraordinary scenes, booked their place in the Capital One Cup semi-finals. It was a ninth successive penalty shoot-out win for City and just reward for their remarkable resilience

  • Wenger backs his cup flops

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who showed how serious he was taking his side’s seven-and-a-half-year trophy drought by abandoning his normal policy of playing his reserves, stood by his players at the end. “Congratulations to Bradford, they had