NILE Wilson of Pudsey was among England's golden boys as both the men and women's gymnastics teams finished on top of the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.The five-man English team of Wilson, Sam Oldham, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas
Birkenshaw are holding a Fun Day on Saturday, August 9. The action will kick-off at the club's East Bierley Playing Fields home when a Past Players XIII take on the current first team at 1.30pm. The game is sure to be a hard-fought affair as
GUISELEY won their penultimate friendly fixture but it was only by a narrow 1-0 margin at Clitheroe. The hosts pushed the Lions hard but a single second-half goal by Adam Boyes proved enough for Mark Bower's men. Liversedge eased to a 3-0 home
French striker Achille Campion scored all three goals to help a makeshift Bradford City side to a 3-0 win at Park Avenue tonight. City fielded nine trialists and Campion and winger Mo Shariff were the stand-out performers in an entertaining game
YORKSHIRE'S mixed bag of a limited-overs season continued with a three-wicket Royal London One-Day Cup loss to Gloucestershire at Headingley after a poor batting performance.Just when you think the Vikings have cracked it against the white ball, they
OUTSIDERS Thornton will be hoping to defy the odds and add to Oakworth’s recent Wynn Cup woes in Sunday’s final at Cure Hill (1.30pm). Oakworth top the Mewies Craven League Division One and are hot favourites playing on their own ground. But
THERE was much more than local bragging rights at stake in the latest Aire-Wharfe League meeting between Bolton Villas and Thackley, the sides in the Division Two relegation spots. It looked like going Villas way when they tore through the Thackley
SALEM Athletic will be crowned Bradford Evening League champions for the first time – despite losing their latest Division One match to Shelf. Athletic are only two points clear of Denholme and Shelf but have two more victories, so even if they
ON a lovely sunny afternoon it was surprising how many low scores there were in the Craven League, with at least 18 under 100. High scores were hard to come by, with only a handful over 200 and one over 300.Division One leaders Oakworth were at home to
RELEGATION-threatened Birstall looked down and out when they took on Premier Division rivals Wrenthorpe at Leeds Road, as the bowling seemed to fall apart after early successes.Craig Wood picked up 5-62 for Birstall but some of the bowling from the former
HORIZON Taekwondo Academy continued their run of success with medals at the World Friendship Championships in London.The competition, which aims to unite Nepalese citizens around the world and promote friendship across all cultures, runs every year and
A TOTAL of 22 youngsters from the Upper Airedale Junior League patch were delighted to have a surprise photo opportunity with Andrew Gale.The Yorkshire captain called in during their Pro Coach Academy Summer Camp at Oakworth Cricket Club. With a match
MORE than 30 drivers are being issued with warnings after being caught speeding on a Bradford road. West Yorkshire Police PCSOs organised a speed watch on Fenby Avenue, Bowling, following complaints from residents about vehicles being driven too
THE Manorlands Plate charity game organised by the Craven League took place at Ingrow CC before a disappointingly sparse crowd. The annual fixture was between Craven League players representing Yorkshire and Lancashire. The ground looked a
A PETITION by a Bradford MP calling on the Government to take strong action against the Israeli Government over "indiscriminate killings" in Gaza has gathered 23,000 signatures. David Ward, Lib Dem MP for Bradford East, started the petition on
MOTORISTS can have free anti-theft number plate screws fitted to their cars in Bradford this weekend. Officers from the Bradford East Area Neighbourhood Team will be at the Screwfix Car Park in Busfield Street between 6pm and 8pm on Saturday, and
A JEALOUS husband who shattered his wife's skull with a claw hammer in a fit of rage after discovering she loved another man must spend more than 15 years behind bars. Danish Irfan, 22, was yesterday afternoon sentenced to life imprisonment for
Yorkshire were behind the eight ball in their Royal London One-Day Cup clash with Gloucestershire at Headingley having been bowled out for 192 inside 42 overs. After slipping to 45-5 inside 13 overs, including three wickets for no runs in 15 balls
MUMS and midwives helped celebrate the first anniversary of Airedale Hospital’s midwifery led unit.The unit, which was officially opened in July last year, invited back some of the first mums to give birth on the new unit, as well as expectant mums
A CARER left a vulnerable mentally disabled man alone in a car for nearly three hours while he went to the cinema, a court heard.Victim John Auty had suffered from fits and seizures in the past and serious harm could have befallen him while he was left
GOLFERS will be teeing off in memory of a Shelf man next month.Brian Leek who was an an honorary member of South Bradford Golf Club after 40 years died following a stroke in July 2012.The second Brian Leek Memorial Golf Competition will take place on
POLICE want to speak to a man (pictured) in connection with the theft of groceries from a shop in Bradford. The crime happened at 12.30pm on June 21 at a store on Beckside Road and involved a man and a woman, said police. A spokesman said the
City have this afternoon released their squad numbers for the new season. 1 Pickford, 2 Darby, 3 Meredith, 4 Dolan, 5 Davies, 6 Sheehan, 7 Mclean, 8 Liddle, 9 Hanson, 10 Clarke, 11 Knott, 14 Yeates, 15 Clarkson, 17 Kennedy, 18 McBurnie, 23 McArdle
A JURY has found a man guilty of murdering his wife by repeatedly hitting her over the head with a claw hammer. Danish Irfan, 22, killed Ridda Zanab while she was in bed at their home in Alford Terrace, Lidget Green, Bradford, on November 3 last
A 43-YEAR-old woman has been handed a suspended jail sentence after hitting her 12-year-old daughter with a roll of wallpaper and scratching her face. The girl suffered swelling and bruising to her arm during the first attack at their home in Keighley
Heckmondwike cycle speedway club travelled to Astley and Tyldesley in Manchester for round four of the Northern Fours and Junior League series at Gin Pit. On another very hot day, the track quickly dried out, despite plenty of heavy watering on
FORMER Wilsden man Peter Crolla raised more than £1,700 by taking part in the Tough Mudder. He took part in the gruelling physical challenge to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his sister’s death. Mr Crolla, who has lived in the Midlands
TWO Bradford hotel workers raped a drunken young mother in turn after picking her up at a city centre nightclub, a jury was told. Daniel Mayo and Simon Ellis, who were both employed by the Cedar Court Hotel, took advantage of the 20-year-old woman
SIR – I feel that the country has taken another step forward on the road to recovery, with new figures from the Office for National Statistics showing that, since the last General Election, there are now 1.8 million more people in work, and with the
SIR – The flags on City Hall were at half-mast last week to commemorate former Lord Mayor Valerie Binney – but unless you asked inside the hall, you wouldn’t have known. I have complained at least half a dozen times over the last 15 years about
THE issue of our mortality, and the prospect of donating organs after death, is something many of us would rather not confront - but with nearly 1,000 people in the district waiting for a transplant, Bradfordians are being urged to spell out their
SIR – For the first time that I can ever remember, we have had Wibsey park invaded by travellers. Everyone knows how they got in, but we can’t throw accusations about, can we? It’s about time the government took notice of this nuisance and criminalised
SIR – I am writing to express my grateful thanks and appreciation to staff at the McDonald’s restaurant on Leeds Road, Thornbury. Last week, my son visited the restaurant with his friends and became unwell. The shift manager and staff showed their
SIR – I was amused to see a sign by the roundabout in Baildon village warning of the current long-term roadworks at the bottom of Baildon and suggesting drivers find an ‘alternative’ route. As there are only two other suitable ‘local’ bridging
Meeting well attended, but unresolved issues remain SIR – I would like to express my sincere thanks to Reverend Beverley Mason of All Saints Church Bingley for taking the initiative in arranging a public meeting in Bingley last Thursday evening to
THE Bradford branch of Leeds Building Society supported the mutual’s efforts to raise £750 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The Broadway House base in Bank Street, Bradford, joined the Society’s other 64 outlets by selling pin badges for
From The T&A... 25 years ago: The newly-installed chairman of Bradford Health Authority, Rodney Brooke, of Ilkley, warned that medical services across the district were facing "enormous changes" with NHS reforms and the large-scale redevelopments
IT IS genuinely pleasing today to be able to report that six parks in the Bradford district have retained their prestigious Green Flag awards, a mark of the best parks and green spaces in the country. It is no surprise, though, that one of them
A GP accused of serious misconduct while acting as a trainee doctor in a Bingley surgery was cleared by a medical tribunal yesterday. Dr Cherian Varghese was acting as a GP registrar in November 2011, when a female patient accused him of trying
SECOND season syndrome is a complaint that can affect a lot of players. Having set the bar high with their first year at a club, maintaining those standards once the initial buzz has died down can prove too tough for some. But on the reverse
SHOCKED community leaders have issued warnings to youngsters not to jump into the water at a popular Keighley beauty spot. An eight-year-old boy remains in a critical condition this morning after being pulled from the water at Tinker Bridge in
A FIRE crew from Cleckheaton Fire Station were called to a blaze on garden decking at a house which was believed to have been caused by a discarded cigarette.The blaze took place at around 5am this morning at a property in Hightown Road, Cleckheaton.
A BLUE Land Rover Defender 4x4 vehicle was set alight in a suspected arson attack on a track leading to a Saltaire sports club.A fire crew from Shipley Fire Station attended the blaze on the track near Salts Sports Association at Victoria Road at 3.15am
FORMER Tesco man Andrew Higginson is set to be the next chairman of Bradford-based supermarket Morrisons as it battles to stem falling market share with £1billion of price cuts. He will succeed Sir Ian Gibson, who announced he would stand down
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to open a bookies in a Bradford neighbourhood has been granted a licence, despite fears it could attract violence and problem gambling. Paddy Power had applied to open a betting shop at a premises in Duckworth Lane, Girlington
PHIL Parkinson will use tonight’s hastily-arranged trip to Park Avenue to run the rule over City’s trialist brigade. The friendly at Horsfall Stadium was only finalised yesterday but it does give the Bantams boss an opportunity to take a look at
An interactive ‘Centenary Poppy Sculpture’ was unveiled at the Kirkgate shopping centre in Bradford yesterday morning. The event was marked by a service, to commemorate 100 years since the outbreak of World War One. At 11am the Lord Mayor of
The district is preparing to commemorate 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War on Monday. Across Bradford, churches will be open for prayer, reflection and commemorative services. One of the main events will be at Bradford Cathedral
DANNY Williams is hoping to extend his loan spell with the Bulls ahead of Friday's derby trip to Leeds. The Salford winger has spent the past month with Bradford and is keen to join the club on a permanent basis. But his current loan deal expired
YORKSHIRE overseas star Kane Williamson is determined to remain positive about his future as a bowler after his action was deemed illegal last week. The New Zealand international batsman, who has bowled some useful part-time off-spin through his
THE company behind controversial plans to build a block of flats behind the Odeon cinema is appealing Bradford Council's decision to refuse its planning application. It will be arguing that a nightclub next to the site it wants to develop is operating
THE JURY in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife with a claw hammer was today retiring to consider its verdict. Danish Irfam, 22, killed Ridda Zanab with at least ten forceful blows to the head while she was in bed at their home in
FARSLEY cruised to a big victory in their latest friendly last night with Marcus Edwards hitting four goals on his debut. Edwards, signed from Eccleshill United in the close season, starred in the 8-2 victory at Hemsworth MW. Aiden Savory and
COMMUNITY groups are planning to hold their sessions in a three-bedroom house as a row over their youth centre continues.Centre staff and users were evicted from Fagley Youth and Community Centre last month, when the landlord, Bradford-based charity Newlands
SIX parks in the Bradford district have retained their prestigious Green Flag awards - a benchmark for the best parks and green spaces in the country. They have been awarded to Lister Park in Manningham, Peel Park in Bolton, Roberts Park in Saltaire
A CONVICTED rapist, who attacked another woman at knifepoint after cycling around Bradford's red light district, has been jailed for 11 years. Judge Rodney Jameson QC told 30-year-old Jason Oates he posed a danger to women in general and he could
