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  • Brighouse Town come from behind to progress

    BRIGHOUSE Town became the first of the local sides to make progress in the West Riding County Cup when they won 2-1 at Harrogate Railway Athletic tonight. The clubs were due to meet on the same night in the Evo-Stik Division One North but the league

  • Passionate story sadly lacking the expected spark

    In Secret (Cert 15, 105 mins). Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange, Shirley Henderson, Matt Lucas, Mackenzie Crook, John Kavanagh, Lily Laight, Matt Devere, Dimitrije Bogdanov. *** THERESE (Lily Laight) is abandoned

  • Debut novel brings a dark tale of love

    Be Careful What You Wish For, by Cindy Wallace available on Amazon, £10.98 THEY say you should be careful what you wish for. And for Eloise, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the heart of Cindy Wallace’s debut novel, this proves to be more

  • It's Grassmaster Alex

    THERE are two guest speakers at the Institute of Groundsmanship's (IOG) opening West Yorkshire branch meeting of the winter at Cleckheaton Sports Club on Wednesday, October 8 (7.30pm).They are Alex Stead from Desso Sports Systems, whose talk is entitled

  • Robbery suspects arrested in Bradford

    THREE Bradford people have been arrested by police investigating a "particularly nasty robbery" in West Yorkshire.Investigators have questioned two men and a woman, all aged in their 20s, over a raid at a jewellery shop in Pontefract, though

  • Tree-mendous display by Forrester saves Grass Greener

    GRASS Greener goalkeeper Duane Forrester was the hero of a thrilling Bradford & District FA Sunday Senior Cup tie against Toller. The teams were deadlocked at 4-4 after 90 minutes and there were no further goals in the additional 30 minutes

  • Mixed weekend for Bradford Dragons

    BRADFORD Dragons experienced mixed emotions after their opening two games of the season. They were comprehensively beaten by Manchester Magic on Saturday evening in the National Trophy but went on to impose a similar defeat upon Sefton Stars in

  • Legal action starts to evict travellers from Bradford park

    ANGRY councillors and residents have called on travellers to move on after they pitched up at a Bradford park.A group with eight caravans, several trucks and cars are occupying Eccleshill Park in Park Road. The park is next to Holybrook Primary School

  • Juniors are their own worst enemies

    FARSLEY Celtic Juniors have suffered their first defeat of the season in the Yorkshire Amateur League. Visitors Ealandians edged their Premier Division clash 3-2, although Juniors had plenty of chances in the first half and also had a strong penalty

  • Getting set for the new season

    AFTER a glorious summer at home pottering around his garden in Ireland, green-fingered TV presenter Diarmuid Gavin is now preparing his beds for the cooler months. “Things in my own garden are beginning to die back. I have some wisterias I’ve been

  • Keighley Cougars going public to discuss legal action

    THE Cougars are holding a public meeting to discuss the legal action they have taken against the Rugby Football League following their relegation from the Championship. Everyone interested in the situation is welcome to attend Thursday's event

  • Haworth set to inspire more new fans

    WITH breathtaking scenery and quaint cobbled streets, who wouldn’t be wooed into a visit to Haworth, for long stay or just a stroll? Haworth was one of many places throughout Yorkshire beamed around the world as the Tour de France Grand Depart

  • Jonny on the spot as Salts bounce back

    SALTS returned to winning ways in the West Riding County Amateur League with a 4-0 home win over bottom-placed Kirkburton at Marley Stadium. Striker Jonny Cunnington netted a hat-trick to add to Mat Bailey's goal as Salts bounced back from four

  • New president for Keighley Retired Men's Forum

    THE NEW president of Keighley Retired Men's Forum is Silsden resident Rodney Fall.Inverness-born Mr Fall (pictured) has been a member of the long-established group since retiring six years ago.During his working life he held various hotel management

  • Airedale Hospital radiographers to vote over strike action

    RADIOGRAPHERS at Bradford Royal Infirmary and Airedale Hospital could take part in national strike action after being balloted by the Society of Radiographers (SoR).More than 19,000 diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy professionals across the country

  • End of road fund disc proves taxing

    FROM October 1 there will be a something different about our car windscreens. In a break with a legal requirement dating back to 1921 - when the first circular paper tax disc was issued - motorists will no longer have to display it due to technology

  • Motorcyclist in critical condition after collision in Bradford

    A 32-YEAR-old motorcyclist is in a critical, but stable condition after a serious road traffic collision in Bradford. The rider of a black Yamaha 600 motorcycle was travelling along Legrams Lane towards Ingleby Road, when it left the road and collided

  • Film-maker honoured by Bradford's top City of Film award

    BRADFORD City of Film's latest Filmmaker of the Month hails from Milwaukee in the US. Gregory Bishop won the title for the August competition with a film called Cigar Box Guitars, documenting the work of Johnny Washday, an artist who fuses his love

  • Silver medal for Keighley sea cadet at regatta in London

    A KEIGHLEY sea cadet was rewarded for his prowess in a regatta staged in London this month. Adam Feaviour, a 1st Class cadet, won a silver medal in kayaking at this year's national sea cadet regatta. He had been entered into the junior boys sprint

  • CCTV image released after man threatened bus driver in Idle

    CCTV footage of a man who threatened a bus driver after missing his stop has been released by police in a bid to bring him to justice.The man was a passenger on the bus as it was passing through Albion Road in Idle when he missed his stop at about 4pm

  • Village ramble to raise money for hospice charity

    A RAMBLE in and around Harden takes place on Saturday to raise funds for the Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope. Organisers say the event, now in its ninth year, provides an opportunity to remember loved ones who have benefited from the expert

  • Model Railway Society is on track as exhibition attracts 2,000

    ACTON Parkway, Cowgill and Karolina Falls were among the 17 layouts on display at the Shipley model railway exhibition this weekend.The show is now in its 36th year and for 31 of those it has been run by John Anderton, of the Shipley Model Railway Society

  • Art group’s work is put on display at arts centre

    DRAWINGS by members of a Bingley Art group are on show at Baildon library in an exhibition which runs until this Saturday.Bingley Portrait and Still Life Group was founded in the 1960s and is one of Bradford district's oldest art clubs.And after

  • D-Day looms over public toilets closures

    COMPLEX options on the future of closure- threatened public toilets in Shipley, Bingley and the St Ives Estate have been revealed ahead of a crucial meeting this week. Bradford Council has asked its Shipley Area Committee to weigh up different

  • Build a car park

    SIR – Maybe Tesco could now be persuaded to show their public spirit by actually building a multi-storey commuter car park on part of their site as near to Ilkley railway station as possible? Andrew Wade, Moor House, Burley Woodhead

  • War’s terrible toll

    SIR – I wish to comment on the article in the T&A of September 17. I do not believe you can sum up a four-year war fought by industrial nations with armies in their millions with an account of one day of one battle (the first day of the Somme),

  • Look before you sign

    SIR – The people of Bingley will shortly be receiving publicity aimed at persuading them to sign a petition to request a parish council for Bingley and district. A group have received a £10,000 grant to campaign for this. Before you sign the petition

  • Leeds city region

    SIR – Is not a so-called Leeds City Region a blatant move by Leeds to centre our city 10 miles away. It was this ‘city region’ that deemed the development of Kirkstall Forge more important than that of Bradford city centre. West Yorkshire is not

  • Wages are small beer

    SIR – Surprise, surprise, your correspondent Mr D S Boyes blames the last Labour government, for the “UK’s low-wage economy” (T&A, September 15), conveniently forgetting that it was membership of the EU, where free movement of labour, materials

  • Give it a second chance

    SIR – I was upset to read in the T&A dated September 16 the suggestion that Belle Vue Boys’ School may be closed. Both my sons went there in the 1970s just after it was ‘relegated’ from being a grammar school to a comprehensive and they have

  • JB Priestley turning in his grave at news of Belle Vue

    SIR – I was saddened to see the report in the T&A (September 15) about Belle Vue School. I attended that school (1959-1966) when it was a state grammar school with a very proud record for most of that period, although the last two years were

  • Write off NHS debt

    SIR – The collective leaders of our numerous NHS trusts have agreed that because of coalition Government policies inflicted on our health services the NHS will be £1 billion in the red by the end of the year. Do your readers know that in the financial

  • No more ‘visionaries’

    SIR – Friedrich Von Hayek, an eminent economist from the Austrian School, wrote an essay “The Intellectuals and Socialism (1949)”, in which he compared intellectuals to “professional second-hand dealers in ideas”. Hayek observed that most intellectuals

  • Yorkshire devolution

    SIR – While David Barnett was sitting down to write his “Maybe Scotland shows the way” piece (T&A, September 19) some residents of Pullan Avenue, Eccleshill, spontaneously talked with us about the Scottish vote. As I picked up the paper at

  • Stooges or wise men?

    SIR – Regarding the recent appearance of the trio Cameron/Clegg/Miliband in Scotland to campaign against Scottish independence. Should we look upon it as a visit from the “Three Wise Men” as in Biblical history or as the “Three Stooges” from Hollywood

  • Time to make the Union fairer

    SIR – Your correspondent, David Hornsby’s pre-vote analysis of the underlying reason for the Scottish call for independence (T&A, September 16) hit the mark. The Scots are sick and tired of hard-hearted English Tories making the four territories

  • Questions to be asked over extra delays

    MANY people over the summer experienced long delays when applying for a new or replacement passport, which in extreme cases ruined some family holidays. Now it emerges that people in certain parts of Bradford suffered even longer delays as three of

  • University’s recognition well deserved

    IT IS excellent news that the University of Bradford has experienced a jump in rankings in a widely-recognised annual guide to the best British universities. Not only has it risen eight places in the national league table but it is now fourth in

  • Bus driver tell how savage attack has ruined his life

    THE victim of a savage revenge attack by a gang of men who were wrongly told he was a rapist, has described how his life has been wrecked.Gary Ramsden, 43, has been left with partial sight in one eye, following the vicious assault, and has had to give

  • Craven League scorecards

    Mewies Solicitors Craven & District Cricket League DIVISION ONE Barrowford 168-9 v Embsay 169-9 Barrowford: P Cowburn c E Stockton b Hussain 51, M Iqbal c Wellock b Robinson 22, W Ali b Robinson 11, I Ahktar lbw Hussain 23, S Khan c

  • Commitment of captain sets tone for Bradford City

    Colchester 0, City 0 IT SAYS a lot about the game when the highlights are a tackle and a clearance off the line – but the headlines are not always about the goal scorers. It may have been an afternoon that will not live long in the memory of

  • Pyrah urges Yorkshire not to let standards slip

    RICH Pyrah is hoping to stake a claim for a place in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship team at the start of next season should he be given the nod for tomorrow’s final match of 2014 against Somerset at Headingley. The experienced all-rounder

  • Businesses call for action over city's fly-tipping blight

    A BUSINESS boss is calling for firms to unite to tackle the blight of fly-tipping. David Gisbourne hopes "to force some real action" to deal with the problem he feels the local authority is failing with."It is time that Bradford businesses

  • Siejka completes Bradford Bulls jigsaw for 2015

    HARRY Siejka has become the Bulls' 30th and final signing for next season after the Australian scrum-half penned a two-year deal. Siejka, 22, was recruited by Wakefield ahead of the 2014 campaign and made nine Super League appearances for the Wildcats

  • Boost for Bradford city centre as housing group moves in

    A HOUSING and care firm for the over 55s has increased its presence in Bradford city centre with a £1.5 million office move. Anchor, which offers retirement properties and specialist care homes at more than 1,000 locations across the country, has