Bradford Park Avenue 1 Garforth Town 0 BRADFORD Park Avenue ensured the season that saw them successfully climb from second bottom in the Conference North to mid-table respectability ended with some silverware as they lifted the West Riding County
JASON Gillespie has reiterated his commitment to Yorkshire after confirming his winter-coaching job share with Big Bash Twenty20 team Adelaide Strikers yesterday.Gillespie has distanced himself from the full-time role of coaching South Australia's four-day
A STONE yard owner is contesting an enforcement action issued against his business by Bradford Council. A K Stratford has been running part of its stone reclamation business at Friar's industrial estate in Bradford Road, Idle, on what the Council
DISAPPOINTING results in reading, writing and maths has led to a Shipley primary school falling from "good" to "requiring improvement."An Ofsted report into Shipley CofE Primary school was released today following a visit by inspectors
A JILTED husband killed his wife's lover by thrusting a kitchen knife into his heart in a night-time confrontation at his home. Grzegorz Dzierzak seized the weapon when Edgarzas Maslauskas kicked in his front door after 3am, fuelled by cocaine
BOLTON Woods Sabres have strengthened their case for finishing runners-up in Craven, Aire & Wharfe League Under-13 Division B after a double-header against Farsley Celtic Colts.Celtic keeper Konner Lancaster proved a thorn in Sabres' side all day, tipping
ALEX Waring has had a superb season for Pudsey B in the Bradford League and he was once again in fine form as they were confirmed as Division 3B champions after their 6-4 victory at Hermits H.The home side gave Pudsey a fright as they led 3-2, with two
WATCHING Nick Clegg launch the Liberal Democrat manifesto, the fascinating aspect was not what he said - but that he launched it at all. Who would have bet - given five years of abuse, including having dog poo shoved through his letter box - that
OVENDEN West Riding's 2-0 semi-final victory at Huddersfield YMCA means that the West Riding County Amateur League's Premier Division Cup final will be a repeat of last season's decider.Second-half goals from Andrew Bailey and Jordan Codori means that
WYKE Wanderers Reserves won 2-1 at Howden Clough Reserves in West Yorkshire League Alliance Division Two.Wanderers opened the scoring when Joe Sagar lost his marker from a through ball and calmly slipped the ball past the goalkeeper. Wyke continued to
The air ambulance is in attendance at the scene of a four-vehicle smash which has closed Cottingley Moor Road, Cottingley, in both directions. The accident happened at about 3.20pm, around school closing time, and involved a silver Volkswagen Golf
THE Liberal Democrats have vowed to “deliver” an ambitious strategy to transform Northern rail links - despite its multi-billion pound price tag.Nick Clegg’s party also promised “devolution on demand” for local authorities, a legal right to force Whitehall
IT IS unlikely to happen often but the big two teams in the Naylor Premier section – Pudsey A and Crossgates – both tasted an opening-day defeat in the Bradford Saturday League. Pudsey went down to a 19-11 loss at Brighouse Sports, chiefly thanks
AN article at the back of the April issue of the City Gent fanzine the long article by John Watmough concludes with a reference to the hairstyles of contemporary professional footballers and current football pundits such as Robbie Savage and Mark Lawrenson.John
WHEN death came to Victorian Bradford, you weren't anyone unless you were buried at Undercliffe Cemetery. Built in the early 1850s, as a result of overcrowding at nearby St Peter's parish graveyard - so full, human bones were protruding from graves -
THE FUNERAL of Long Lee Cricket Club stalwart Derek Granger is being held on Tuesday at the Salvation Army in High Street, Keighley (noon), prior to cremation at Oakworth Crematorium. Derek, who died aged 76 in Manorlands Hospice on Tuesday, April
BRADFORD & DISTRICT LEAGUESSATURDAYNaylor Premier: Whitkirk 185 (23), Ladyhill A 138 (7); Shipley Club A 196 (22), Littlemoor S&SC A 150 (8); Eccleshill A 192 (18), Crossgates 177 (12); Cranmore 183 (16), Clayton A 182 (14); Brighouse Sports A 186 (19
SIR - I am so sorry Mr Watson feels there is a left wing bias in the T&A (Letters, April 9). I am absolutely in favour of alternative views being aired from all political persuasions, although I must state that Tory supporters do need to research
The air ambulance is in attendance at the scene of a three-vehicle smash which has closed Cottingley Moor Road, Cottingley, in both directions. The accident happened at about 3.20pm, around school closing time, and involved a red Renault Megane
SIR - Late Easter Sunday morning I fainted in the church at Gilstead, Bingley, luckily I was among 50 caring Christians rather than home alone. A NHS ambulance arrived quite quickly and whilst I regained partial consciousness I felt I was floating
SIR – The letter from John Anderson (T&A letters, April 9) highlights the Media Museum problems. The majority of the 45,000 who signed the petition to keep it open, which your reporter Will Kilner took to London, do not feel that it is worth
CHILDREN'S services bosses at Bradford Council have defended a partnership set up to improve the lives of young people following criticism of its effectiveness. The Bradford Children's Trust Board is made up of 40 representatives from the Council
SIR – The rail corridors into Bradford are rightly causing concern, being littered with debris (T&A, April 13). That from Shipley to Bradford Forster Square is a particular disgrace. It must be borne in mind that this is not the fault of Network
Soldiers who died in battle centuries ago will never know that their wounds would one day educate people across the world through digital wizardry. Skulls and bones from other parts of the body bearing evidence of often horrific injury feature among the
HAVING never been particularly maternal, I'm afraid I often find children more irritating than endearing. I admit to occasionally feigning interest when friends talk about their offspring, I can't coo over newborns with any sincerity, and I couldn't care
SIR – The quotation ‘the law is an ass’ is credited to the 17th century dramatist George Chapman, but ultimately became more well known when used by Charles Dickens in his novel Oliver Twist. It seems that little has changed in several centuries
THE key role of Keighley's railway station was stressed by a senior Government transport minister who visited the town today.Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin toured the main line and Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR) stations
THE latest Bradford City free networking event will be held at City Hall tomorrow. Speakers include Bradford Council leader Councillor David Green and the Bantams' chief operating officer James Mason. The monthly Bantams4Business event is in
25 years ago: Heart specialist Dr Geoff Morrison was campaigning to get greasy cooked breakfasts, stodgy puddings, white bread and butter outlawed at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He thought this would help reduce the city's heart disease death toll.
The chairman of Bradford City at the time of the Valley Parade fire was linked to at least eight other blazes before the stadium disaster, a controversial new book claims. Martin Fletcher, who survived the tragedy himself but lost three generations
25 years ago: A 12-year-old boy was hailed as a hero by firemen after he helped lead six children to safety from a burning house. Ernest Cawdron was playing hide and seek upstairs with his friends at his home in Grayswood Crescent, Holme Wood, when
WEST Yorkshire Chief Constable Mark Gilmore will not face charges in relation to a bribery and misconduct investigation in Northern Ireland, prosecutors in the region have said. Mr Gilmore, a former Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer
TWO men have this afternoon been cleared by a jury of plotting to help a Bradford murderer get out of the country. Faisal Chaudhary, 34, of Grantham Road, Ilford, Essex, and Javaid Awan, 33, of Blackburn Road, Ilford, had denied conspiracy to pervert
HERE are the designs for the three podium jerseys for next month's Tour de Yorkshire. The King of the Mountains jersey will be in red, purple and yellow, for the race held between Friday, May 1 and Sunday, May 3. The leaders will wear a blue and yellow
THE jury in the trial of two men accused of plotting to help a Bradford murderer get out of the country is considering its verdicts. The panel began its deliberations late this morning after Judge Peter Benson finished summing up the case.
CITY are in negotiations with former QPR chairman Gianni Paladini about a possible takeover. Mark Lawn this afternoon confirmed that talks have begun with the 69-year-old Italian, the former agent of Benito Carbone. Lawn told the T&A: "
Some trains may be cancelled or face delays today between Leeds and Bradford Interchange due to emergency engineering works. This work at Leeds will lead to disruption on Northern Rail routes between Leeds and Bradford Interchange, Leeds and Huddersfield
Although sporting rivalries can be fiercely intense, the vast majority of even the most committed fans recognise that some things are much more important.So the traditional needle between Bradford City and Leeds United supporters will be cast aside when
THE brother of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe said the killer is resigned to never leaving the secure hospital where he is held. A national Sunday newspaper claimed the 68-year-old mass murderer may be moved from Broadmoor, where he has been
Journey's End Bingley Arts Centre Bingley Little Theatre’s First World War drama Journey’s End is a power house production directed by Sandra Williams, aided by a terrific set designed by Robin Green. Sitting in the audience, you were drawn
THERE’S an air of deja vu for multi-millionaire Robert Fleming whose fortunes prospered in the stately and historic surroundings of Salts Mill. The man who helped launch and develop set top box maker Pace into a global technology giant is spending
A SURGE in shopping using tablets and smartphones is expected over the next five years, a new survey predicts. Yorkshire consumers are set to increase spending using such devices by 224 per cent over the period from £768 million to £2.5 billion
THE latest Bradford City free networking event will be held at City Hall tomorrow. Speakers include Bradford Council leader Councillor David Green and the Bantams’ chef operating officer James Mason. The monthly Bantams4Business event is in the
CATHERINE Reid has joined pro-fessional services firm EY as director of its growing assurance practice and to lead its Entre-preneur Of The Year Awards programme in Yorkshire. She was previously at Grant Thornton in Yorkshire and has more than
MANUFACTURING bosses want party leaders to use the General Election campaign to outline their economic vision rather than focus on personal attacks. In the week the main parties unveiled their election manifestos EEF, the manufacturers’ body, has
EXPERIENCED residential property solicitor Chris Rhodes, has joined Bradford based LCF Residential – the conveyancing division of LCF Law. He has more than 13 years’ experience with firms in Bradford, Shipley and Leeds. He joins the 16-strong team
DISCOUNT retailer Poundland, which faces a probe into its takeover of rival 99p Stores, has said its annual sales topped £1 billion for the first time. The firm, which has 547 UK stores – including branches in Bradford, Keighley and Skipton – and
A DIGITAL print specialist has launched a new service which will enable small businesses to upgrade their marketing activities. Keighley-based DMP has created an online, one-stop direct marketing service through its web-based platform Hello Market
COMMERCIAL vehicles sales group Northside Truck and Van, which has a dealership in Bradford, won three awards at the national Mercedes-Benz truck awards, including being named truck dealer of the year. The company, which is expanding its network
TAXPAYERS will take a £75 million hit from the collapse of Phones 4U, with just a tiny fraction of the money they are owed set to be paid, administrators said. The sum had been due to HM Revenue and Customs for VAT and corporation tax. But
SKIPTON Building Society has clinched another customer service excellence accolade. The society was named winner of the customer focus award for large enterprise in the Institute of Customer Service UK customer satisfaction awards. Ian Cornelius
AN education expert brought in to help lift Bradford's schools from the bottom of league tables says he is "confident" results will have noticeably improved by next year. Professor David Woods has helped turn around London's under performing education
A BANK boss has apologised to customers after the regulator fined it £20.7 million for “serious failings” in the way it handled payment protection insurance complaints. The Financial Conduct Authority said staff from the Glasgow-based Clydesdale
THE cull of boardroom executives at Bradford-based Morrisons has continued with the departure of Dutch-born group trading director Casper Meijer. Mr Meijer, who was appointed to the supermarket’s management board in December 2012 to lead the company
ONE of the largest solar panel schemes in the city has been installed by a Bradford labelling manufacturer which is looking to operate a carbon neutral factory by the end of next year. Watermill Press has installed 750 solar panels covering almost
A JOINT project between a parish council and a rotary group is aiming to have a defibrillator machine installed in Main Street, Haworth. Funding for the machine and its secure cabinet was secured by the Rotary Club of Haworth & Worth Valley
PRIMARY school pupils have been exploring the world of radio. Members of Otley Amateur Radio Society (Oars) visited Ashfield Primary in the town to show the pupils the technology in action. During the visit, Kevin Gallagher spoke about how
THE bunting has gone up in Silsden as the town readies itself for another visit by top international cyclists. Residents have decorated the town centre to welcome the new cycle race, the Tour de Yorkshire, which will travel through on Sunday, May
A team of pharmacy students at the University of Bradford, that designed an innovative way of dealing with diabetes, has made the final cut in a national business idea competition. The five strong group will pitch a business idea to potential investors
TINY quilts for premature babies at Airedale Neonatal Unit will be created by patchwork experts at a special quilting session next month. The Airedale area Linus Project is holding a “quilting bee” to make incubator quilts on May 3 at Cullingworth
A ROAD in Bradford was closed for more than three hours yesterday after two cars crashed. A silver Hyundai Coupe and a blue Ford Focus collided on Wibsey Bank, Odsal, at about 7.20am. Police said no-one was injured and that the road was re-opened at
A COUNCIL chairman has re-iterated the importance of retaining as many services as possible at a Haworth children’s centre. Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council Chairman Councillor John Huxley was responding to an update on Treetops
A SPRING craft fair is being held in Mirfield on Saturday, April 25, from 10am to 3pm, at Upper Hopton Community Centre, Jackroyd Lane, Upper Hopton. There will be crafts and gifts for sale, plus a nearly new stall, cake stall, tombola and raffle
BARONESS Pinnock of Cleckheaton is to get an Honorary Doctorate from the University Of Huddersfield. The former leader of Kirklees Council will be one of eight honorary award recipients at the University’s July awards ceremonies. Baroness Pinnock
YORKSHIRE consumers looking for information on companies are almost as likely to use the phone as go online, a study has found. The research from 1,000 consumers in the region, carried out by global research consultancy TNS on behalf of PH Media
POLICE are wanting to trace the owner of a seized quad bike in Wyke. After reports of the bike being ridden along pavements in the Chassum Walk and Lilycroft Lane area, officers from the Anti-Social Behaviour Bike Team attended and quickly spotted
BEREAVED children in West Yorkshire are being offered help to cope with their loss through a series of short films. The Co-operative Funeralcare teamed up with Child Bereavement, Trauma and Emotional Wellbeing Service (CHUMS), to provide the films
POLICE were yesterday investigating the cause of a three-vehicle crash in which a man suffered a head injury. The 38-year-old’s black Chevrolet Aveo was in a collision with a black Citroen C2 and a white Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van on Great Horton Road
A BRADFORD glaziers is holding a raffle to raise funds for the city’s Burns Unit. Alpine Glass, Thornton Road, are selling off 5,000 raffle tickets at £2. The first prize is a £1,000 voucher for any Alpine Glass goods, second prize is a £250
A HEART-attack survivor of Ingrow, Keighley, will stage a charity football tournament in Keighley in June. Darren Gilmartin (pictured), 45, first held the event in aid of the British Heart Foundation in 2013. Mr Gilmartin suffered a heart attack
AN ARSONIST set fire to a car and a pile of rubbish on a Liversedge street yesterday. Fire crews were putting out a burning Renault Megane in Firthcliffe Road when a resident alerted them to another fire nearby. The car was destroyed. A spokesman
A BRADFORD park will become a sea of pink for an annual charity run. Race for Life will be held at Lister Park on Sunday, June 14, from 10.30am. Now women and girls have been urged to sign up for the five-kilometre long event. All proceeds
THE funeral of a single mother-of-four who lost her battle with breast cancer will be held tomorrow. Kelly Wright, of Holme Wood, Bradford, died on March 31 after losing her four-year fight against the disease. She was 35. Her funeral will
BRADFORD’S big wheel will run in the city until Sunday. The Bradford Eye, installed in Centenary Square, offers spectacular views of the city from the 35-metre structure. The wheel’s 24 gondolas can each seat six, and have a function allowing
A JEALOUS man who flew into a rage and ferociously attacked his former partner has been jailed for eight months. Mohammed Ikram, 39, repeatedly struck Shelley Brown after she returned home at 3am when he was babysitting their children, Bradford
A LECTURE about the impact of austerity in Bradford will be held at the University of Bradford tonight. The third of the university’s public lecture series in the lead up to the General Election examines the impact of the coalition policy on the
THE Liberal Democrats have unveiled their ‘manifesto for Bradford’, pledging to freeze council tax and raise school standards. The team yesterday gathered in Bradford’s City Park, waving placards and yellow balloons, as they set out what they would
A HUSTINGS is being held at Keighley Salvation Army on Sunday. The event starts at 6.30pm, at the High Street centre, and is being organised by Central Keighley Churches Together. All five Keighley parliamentary candidates are taking part –
POLICE are appealing for help in finding a Bradford man who has been missing since Easter Monday. Michael Dean, 28, was last seen by a friend in the Turls Green pub, in Bradford’s City Park, at about 4.30pm. He failed to return to the house where
DIABETES patients who have changed their lifestyle and the champions who have helped them have been recognised for their achievements. Awards were presented to 15 of them yesterday at a special Bradford Beating Diabetes (BBD) ceremony at the Carlisle
CLECKHEATON have named a strong squad, including former Grens stalwart Richard Brown, for tonight's Yorkshire Cup semi-final at home to Wharfedale (7.30). Cleckheaton: Ross Hayden; Martin Woodhead, James Wilson, Matt Piper, Brad Marsden; Michael
So, are the “red lights flashing”, David Cameron was asked at his manifesto launch – or are we cruising to the “sunlit uplands”? The question effectively nailed the screeching U-turn the prime minister was performing on his party’s election campaign
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was struck by a motorbike in Saltaire. The 17-year-old Keighley girl is being treated at Leeds General Infirmary for serious leg, head and arm injuries following the incident yesterday evening
4:47pm Road closure following serious RTC. Cottingley Moor Road, Cottingley, Bingley. Avoid area if possible. — WestYorks Police RPU (@WYP_RPU) April 15, 2015 4:39pm
Bradford City 0 Bristol City 6 VALLEY Parade has played host to other people’s promotion parties several times over the years. In the last decade or so, the City fans have had to look on in envy as the likes of Swindon, MK Dons, West Brom and
DOZENS of drummers in bright yellow outfits will march into Saltaire to mark the end of a charity walk for a girl with an incurable illness. Ten-year-old Grace Hitchens has a condition called Niemann Pick Type C which means her brain is slowly
PHIL Parkinson admitted City’s 6-0 thumping by leaders Bristol City was the lowest point of his career – as a manager or player. The Bantams boss was left stunned by a shambolic Valley Parade display last night as the visitors strolled to promotion
OLD sporting rivalries will be forgotten to raise money for the Bradford burns unit as part of the events to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City Fire. Members of the Bradford branch of the Leeds United Supporters' Club have organised
Leeds United 0 Norwich 2JONNY Howson kept Norwich right in the thick of the promotion hunt by scoring the crucial goal against boyhood team Leeds at Elland Road.City are in the midst of a four-team scrap for automatic promotion and, with two of their
BRADFORD Park Avenue face their third game in five draining days tonight when they make the short trip to Valley Parade to take on Garforth Town in the West Riding County Cup final.Relinquishing the county’s most prestigious trophy will be Eccleshill
A HUSBAND, whose family has been devastated by a vicious knifepoint robbery in their home, is offering a £1,000 reward to catch the suspects. Bus driver Zamir Shah fears the armed raiders, who threatened to slash the throat of his terrified 13-
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut the roof off a car which was used to take an injured man to Bradford Royal Infirmary after a multi-vehicle crash. The car - a white Volkswagen - had not been involved in the smash, which happened in Leeds Road, Thornbury, at about
A SERIAL sex attacker, branded a public danger by psychiatrists, pounced on five women in Bradford city centre. Haroon Rashid molested his victims, aged between 19 and 35, in daylight in the space of 45 minutes, Bradford Crown Court heard.
A DOG breeder and her husband have been given bail pending an appeal against their jail sentences for cruelty to more than a dozen Red Setters. The T&A can reveal that during a hearing at Bradford Crown Court yesterday a judge agreed to an
