AARON Finch described his stunning 89 off 46 balls as "hollow" tonight as Yorkshire crashed out of the NatWest T20 Blast following a thrilling six-wicket defeat to Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The powerful Aussie hit four fours and seven sixes
LAST week's defeat at Huddersfield was obviously a very sad day in the history of Bradford Bulls. They are a massive club and I am sure they will one day return to their former glories. Owner Marc Green and his team appear to be putting a long-term
DAVID Brook had mixed feelings after the fifth round of the Thundersport GB Superstock at Oulton Park. The Bradford motor cyclist admitted: "My lines into four or five corners were poor due to a lack of track time and, above all, experience on
THREE 'career criminals' who were part of a burglary gang which attacked dozens of homes across Yorkshire have been jailed for more than 15 years.The group's hauls included wrapped Christmas presents, a sentimental war medal and high-value
FARSLEY boss Neil Parsley has been satisfied with his club's pre-season schedule so far – even though the Bantams pulled the plug on their prestigious midweek friendly. Parsley's men had hit the ground running in their warm-up games with two away
New proposals to "streamline" management of the 41 children's centres across the Bradford district have been revealed, with the plans now open to public consultation. In February, Bradford Council announced it was to rethink controversial
BULLS starlet Sam Wood will remain at Dewsbury Rams on dual-registration terms for the foreseeable future. The academy product has scored two tries in as many appearances since arriving at the club and looks certain to stay with Glenn Morrison's
SALTS Tennis Club and Pudsey Tennis Club are again running summer camps for children of all abilities aged from four to 16.The courses at Salts are from Monday to Thursday next week, Monday, August 11 to Thursday, August 14 and Tuesday, August 26 to Friday
THIEVES ransacked a Bradford apiary and stole valuable equipment and a charity box during an overnight raid. Bradford Beekeepers Association estimates that the cost of making good repairs and replacing stoeln items will cost around £2,000.
STEVE Cram, the BBC athletics commentator and former 1500 metres world-record holder, is visiting Ilkley Harriers on the evening of Wednesday, September 10 for a question-and-answer session. Places are limited to club members aged over 11. Meanwhile
ECCLESHILL United will be under new management this season after confirming that former Bradford City midfielder Lee Duxbury has left the club.Director of football Mark Ellis and football chairman Adrian Benson have settled on a new structure as they
BOTH goalkeepers were doubtless grateful that the fourth annual Clare Lyness Challenge Cup did not go, as the last two matches had, to extra time and penalties. Chrissy Silberberg (Bingley Bees Ladies) and her counterpart from West Yorkshire Police
FIVE-a-side Skipton Futsal will be launched at Sandylands Sports Centre on Sunday (7-8pm).Played with a heavy ball that encourages players to pass, the first session is open to anyone over the age of 16 and will cost £3 per player.For more information
BRADSHAW are out of the Foster's Halifax League Premier Division relegation places after being controversially awarded their first 12 points of the season. Visitors Triangle only had four players at the ground at 1.30pm last Saturday when virtually
BRADFORD'S current first family of motor cycling have had another bumper weekend. Dean Harrison won seven of his eight races at Scarborough's Oliver's Mount circuit, including retaining the Cock o' the North Trophy, while his dad Conrad triumphed
THE first National Table Tennis Day was celebrated in the sunshine in Bradford's Centenary Square.Several players from Haworth Hawks Table Tennis Club and Bradford Grammar School demonstrated their ping-pong skills and got at least 100 members of
BULLS head coach Jimmy Lowes has recalled a trio of players for Sunday's visit of reigning champions Wigan Warriors. Front-rower Jordan Baldwinson and wingers Elliot Kear and Danny Williams have been included in Lowes' 19-man squad, with Adrian
A SHIPLEY man who showed indecent phone images to three 12-year-old girls on a train has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison. Gavin Rhodes, 34, of Briggate, pleading guilty to a series of sexual offences relating to young girls
BPA Juniors' first tournament for youngsters tomorrow (9am-4pm) has changed venue from Hanson Academy to Apperley Bridge Playing Fields.Round-robin sections will be played at under-sevens, under-eights and under-nines age groups.Bradford East MP David
Matt Taylor has left Bradford City after this afternoon agreeing a two-year deal with Cheltenham. The 32-year-old centre half, who played only four times for the Bantams, will join the League Two club next week. He is likely to be named captain
SWELTERING Bradford residents have been advised not to be tempted to swim in the district's reservoirs during the current hot spell.Yorkshire Water has joined forces with the police and fire service to warn of the dangers and spread the safety message.Neil
ANGRY residents and trade leaders confronted Sainsbury's bosses last night over the future of the former Bradford & Bingley headquarters in the town. The supermarket chain sent a team of executives to the meeting, held at All Saints Church
SIR - The closure of one lane of Otley Road near Dockfield Road due to essential gas main replacements is causing misery for motorists travelling from Baildon and further afield towards Shipley and beyond. Even during off-peak times Otley Road
SIR - A most unlikely casualty of the recent Royal Mail ‘privatisation’ seems to be the post box for customers of Sainsbury’s supermarket, Greengates, where I have shopped regularly since it opened in the 1970s. As this Sunday I found it sealed
SIR - With the school summer holidays stretching out ahead of us the RSPCA’s Young Photographer Awards is the perfect boredom buster for children. They could win a brilliant prize for taking a photo of their favourite animal - whether that’s a
SIR - It seems congratulations are due to West Sussex County Council’s planning committee who refused an application for oil and gas exploration that would have led to the controversial process of hydraulic fracking in that area. The proposals
SIR - Apologies to Rudi Leavor, (“Stop the rockets”, Letters, July 23). I’ve visited Israel and know that not all Israeli-Arabs are treated as second-class citizens, (at least not all the time). One such person wrote in last weekend’s Observer
SIR - The Lib-Dems need to change their name. To Illiberal Undemocrats. The way they have treated David Ward, MP, for his word of solidarity with the Palestinian people as they react to Israeli bombings and invasion is far from the great liberal
TRIBUTES have been paid to much-admired former councillor Valerie Binney, who has died at the age of 75. For 40 years, former Conservative Party agent Mrs Binney was at the heart of politics in Bradford - and she spent 19 of those years as a Conservative
From the T&A... 25 years ago: Bradford Northern chairman Chris Caisley said he was "disappointed" after being forced to admit defeat in the club's bid to sign Paul Medley, after having a record offer of £100,000 for the strong-running second
The news that Bradford Council is to build more than 200 affordable homes is welcome, because it is exactly the sort of housing provision the district needs.For some time now the Telegraph & Argus has been highlighting, through the Save Our Green
BRADFORD Park Avenue’s preparations for the Conference North season continue with another friendly tomorrow but rivals Guiseley have an unexpected free weekend. Mark Bower’s side were scheduled to play Nuneaton Town at Nethermoor but the game was
RYAN Sidebottom believes Yorkshire will have done it the hard way if they qualify for the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals tonight.The Vikings face Sidebottom’s former county Nottinghamshire at Headingley in the final group game with their hopes
WOMENS boxing makes its debut in the Commonwealth Games but what few may realise is the pivotal role Bradford is playing in providing a high profile platform for the sport. One of the well-known contenders in the 20th Commonwealth Games, officially
Ilkley's Sian Morgan helped to set a new Welsh record last night in the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 20-year-old led off the quartet in her first Commonwealth Games final and they finished sixth
OTLEY'S decision to persuade James Davies to rejoin them last season could turn out to be the masterstroke that brings the Aire-Wharfe League championship to Cross Green for the first time since 1993. Always contenders – since their eighth place
THE SPEN valley will be in the national spotlight tomorrow when the Flowfit British Crown Green senior individual merit final takes place at Cleckheaton Sports Club (10am on both greens). This is the third time the Moorend club have staged the blue-riband
DANE Bairstow will be surprised if a Bingley St Ives player fails to land the Bradford Open on their home course on Sunday. A healthy contingent of the 68-strong field are from the host club and feature several former professionals and top district
MORE THAN 500 new affordable homes will be built across the Bradford district thanks to grants totalling £12m. The funding, including £7m for Incommunities and £5m for Bradford Council, was announced yesterday by the Homes and Communities Agency
A SERIAL child sex offender has been jailed for 12 years for a string of sexual offences, some of which dated back to the 1980s. Simon Payne, 43, of Bell Dean Road, Allerton, Bradford, was told he had a "dark side" as he was jailed for offences
WINDHILL won five successive Bradford League championships from 1937-41 and were runners-up as recently as 1994 and 1995.Now, however, they sit rock bottom of Division Two with 55 points – a whopping 50 points behind second-from-bottom Spen Victoria
CITY Hall's doors will stay shut during this year's National Heritage Open Day because it is too expensive to open on a Saturday. A Bradford Council spokesman confirmed spending cuts meant the local authority could not justify backing the event
CASTLEFORD prop Dan Fleming will join the Bulls on a two-year deal to become the club’s first new signing for next season. After Lee Gaskell and Dale Ferguson agreed to stay at Odsal in the wake of the club’s relegation, Fleming will bolster Bradford's
GEMS from Bradford's past are being rescued from obscurity and are reappearing in the city centre.These ornate stone carvings once graced the old Kirkgate Market, a much-missed Victorian structure which stood in the heart of the city for more than
A WOMAN who became Britain's first female Muslim boxer is helping to train actors who are sharing her extraordinary story in a play. Olympic hopeful Ambreen Sadiq, 20, is the boxing coach on a production to be staged in a Bradford gym in September
PHIL Parkinson believes City are ready for the jump in class when Blackburn visit Valley Parade tomorrow. After facing lower-level opposition so far, the Bantams step it up against the Championship side in the first home game of pre-season.
A mother dishonestly claimed around £50,000 which could have been used for the benefit of schoolchildren and hospital patients, a court heard yesterday. Kathleen Mawdsley, 32, claimed more than £116,000 in housing benefit, Income Support and Jobseekers
A BRADFORD academy chain has been praised for lifting the prospects of poorer pupils - as many other chains are rapped.Dixons, which runs five academy schools in the city, is rated “above average” for the results achieved by its disadvantaged
A MAN was struck over the head and ordered out of his BMW convertible by a man who then stole the car, in what police believe was a targeted attack. The victim was left needing hospital treatment for head and arm injuries and the new car, thought
A man who used his car as a weapon to ram into his partner's former boyfriend as he walked on the pavement has been jailed for eight months. Dale Cunningham missed a 17-year-old schoolgirl by inches when he drove on to the pavement and deliberately
BRADFORD CITY AA Although there have been a few rainstorms during the week, water levels in most rivers are still low and fishing conditions are often difficult, especially during the day. However, members continue to report some good catches from
