YORKSHIRE coach Jason Gillespie said he was proud of his side's ultimately fruitless attempt to force a victory on the final day of their LV= Division One game against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.When the draw was agreed, the home side were 354-7
DAVID Ward, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Bradford East, was today given first hand views on the cost of social care in the district by care providers. He spoke to private care providers which form the Bradford Care Association at Czajka
A KNIFEPOINT robber who held up an elderly shopkeeper for little more than £50 has been jailed for four years. Terry Webster, 38, had been on a crack cocaine and alcohol binge and was desperate for money when he carried out the robbery at a Bradford
CAMPAIGNERS pushing for the modernisation of the Brontë Society are standing for election to the organisation’s ruling council.The controversial campaign’s two leaders are among those responding to the society’s call for new blood to fill a ‘skills gap
HELEN Wright ran a remarkable 2hr 59min 06sec to finish 136th female in the BOSTON MARATHON out of more than 30,000 starters. It was a particularly emotional event since only last week one of the bombers from two years ago was found guilty in court
THE bells of the clock at Bradford City Hall will toll once for each of the 56 people who lost their lives as their names are read out at next month's 30th anniversary memorial service to the fire disaster.Reading the names on Monday, May 11, will be
A UKIP councillor has denied any knowledge of bad taste jokes made online in his name.Keighley West councillor Brian Morris was shocked when told that a Facebook account in the name of ‘Cllr Brian Morris’ had been used to post an inappropriate joke about
WHILE the war-of-words about the SNP peril still raged, it was a day when bread-and-butter issues – childcare, cancer care and public-sector pay – came to the fore. Of the three, childcare is the most interesting, because it is an issue where the
BRADFORD No 1 have become the first team to win the Yorkshire Inter-District Snooker three times in a row for 43 years.They emulated the achievements of Barnsley in 1970-72 by crushing Castleford No 2 6-0 at Undercliffe Cricket Club.Wayne Cooper was as
YORKSHIRE get their British Parks Senior Team Championship campaign underway with contests against Cheshire on Sunday.Both matches start at 2pm, with the home clash at the refurbished Littlemoor S&SC and the away team playing at Great Moor S&SC.Yorkshire
A MAN of 22 who is accused of raping a young girl while he babysat her a decade ago has denied having an underwear fetish.A jury at Bradford Crown Court has been told by the prosecution that Liam Bacon as a 12-year-old schoolboy had dressed the girl,
THACKLEY Reds Under-16s enjoyed a red-letter day as they completed their Craven, Aire & Wharfe League season.They defeated Bolton Woods 7-1 at Apperley Bridge to make it 14 wins out of 14 matches in Division C to seal their championship by 11 points from
A NURSE was shocked to discover indecent photographs of children as she tried to identify the owner of a diabetic bag which had been left at hospital, a court heard.Bradford Crown Court was told today that the nurse examined the pouch, containing diabetic
REIGNING Naylor Premier champions Crossgates have suffered their second successive defeat of the Bradford Saturday League season – and their first at home in three years.They went down 16-14 to Shipley Club A, who edged the aggregate by three chalks thanks
THERE was a thrilling finish to the season in Division 2B of the Bradford Table Tennis League as the destination of the title went to the final set of the season.Laisterdyke B needed a 9-1 victory over Fastbats C to pip Rastrick to the championship, but
BRADFORD SATURDAY LEAGUENaylor Premier: Pudsey A 197 (27), Cranmore 122 (3); Clayton A 190 (20), Eccleshill A 164 (10); Crossgates 174 (14), Shipley Club A 177 (16); Littlemoor S&SCA 195 (19), Whitkirk 169 (11); Ladyhill A 198 (20), Brighouse Sports A
YORKSHIRE'S LV= Division One game against Nottinghamshire was heading for a draw after determined resistance from the Nottinghamshire batsmen in the afternoon session. Samit Patel was caught by wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd for a 114-ball 76 and Riki
BAILDON Trinity Athletic's hopes of promotion from West Yorkshire League Division Two were boosted when they beat Garforth Rangers 5-2.Ben Craven opened the scoring for Baildon, and then Ben McKenzie cut inside two players and smashed a 25-yard screamer
YORKSHIRE Ladies got their season off to a flying start in their pre-season friendly against the Civil Service, winning by 65 points at Almondbury Liberal Club.The scores did not reflect the good bowling on display on an excellent green but in bitterly
LABOUR has pledged to stop people being stripped of benefits for "trivial" reasons, blaming the practice for the surging numbers at food banks.The Opposition said it would abolish targets allegedly introduced at jobcentres for the number of
FIVE people have been arrested for affray following a brawl in a Bradford street. Police were called to Toller Lane shortly after 1.15pm today. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said the people arrested included both men and women believed
ARSONISTS targeted a car parked opposite the Morrisons store in Thornbury, Bradford, last night. Firefighters said the silver Alfa Romeo was fully burnt out, aside from part of its engine compartment, and would have to be written off. One appliance from
YORKSHIRE retained hopes of achieving what would be a remarkable victory after claiming two Nottinghamshire wickets in the morning session of their LV= County Championship game at Trent Bridge. Resuming on 74-3, the home batsmen had taken their
WHEN was the last time you woke up to the sound of a milkman whistling? Does your postie whistle when he delivers your mail? Is your workplace filled with the jolly trill of whistlers going about their day? Whistling used to be synonymous with
Tricia Platts tells the stories of the men who went from the classroom to the theatre of war HOW did Bradford’s schools manage when their teachers went off to fight in the First World War? The National Union of Teachers’ War Record, published
IF THERE is anyone out there who knows the fate of Bradford musician Syd Vernon, there is somebody who would really like to know. Paul Alcantara is the editor of the specialist guitar website Pre-War Gibson L-5. He’s been trying to find out what
PROCEEDS of around £3 million were generated at the latest property auction held by Eddisons, which has an office in Bradford The firm sold 29 of the 37 lots offered at the sale at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium. Robert Limbert, associate director
MIK Rhodes has joined Bradford-based Thorite, the UK’s largest independent distributor of pneumatic products and process systems, as pneumatic applications manager. Mr Rhodes, from Bradford, has 20 years’ experience in pneumatic equipment design
HOTELS in Bradford were among those seeing ‘stellar’ trading in 2014, according to a new report from accountants BDO. It says Yorkshire hotels outperformed London rivals in the race for revenue growth, according to the Hotel Britain 2015 report
LABOUR leader Ed Miliband is being pressed to hold an inquiry into the break-up of Bradford & Bingley in 2008 if he wins power on May 7. Campaigners on behalf of around one million former B&B shareholders have repeated a call for Mr Miliband
STRONG trading at retailer Primark failed to boost its owner Associated British Foods after the Silver Spoon-to-Ovaltine conglomerate warned annual earnings will fall due to the strong pound and weak sugar sales. The firm, which employs 118,000
SIR – AFTER 1945 Labour introduced measures designed to improve the quality of life for all. Over the years these reforms have been diluted by Exchequers of all parties to save money. Since 2010 Britain’s welfare services have been more or less destroyed
SIR – SUNDAY marks 100 years since Second Lieutenant W.B. Rhodes-Moorhouse of No.2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross. It was the first to be won by an airman. The award was for heroism displayed during a low-level bombing
SIR – Regarding the T&A’s views, comments column (April 18), I’M sorry T&A, but the Seabrook Crisps site has (as you pointed out) been vacant since 2004. If social housing was as desperately needed as you say, then why hasn’t the site been
SIR – A STAGGERING 3.8 million people are living with diabetes, and the increasing number of people being diagnosed with the condition is posing a real threat to the sustainability of our health service. Although there are some excellent examples
SIR – WITH just over two weeks to the General Election each day will bring more claims and counterclaims of each party’s intentions should they be elected. The Conservatives and Labour party have a daily contest which reminds me of the song Anything
SIR – BEFORE the 2010 General Election, David Cameron promised, “No top-down reorganisation in the NHS” yet that was precisely what he did after he gained power, to enormous financial cost. The “Health and Social Care Act 2012” allowed for burgeoning
EXTRA revenues of more than £1 million should be generated through a new service launched by a Bradford-based logistics firm. Advanced Supply Chain has launched a container logistics service, which has already proved popular with its big brand,
BRADFORD Bulls chairman Marc Green will outline the club’s growing relationship with businesses when it hosts a networking event on May 14 at the Provident Stadium, Odsal. Also speaking at the Yorkshire Enterprise Network Bradford Means Business
A STRIKE involving engineers at Fox’s Biscuits in Batley, due to take place this week has been suspended to enable a vote on a new pay offer to take place. The action would have involved 42 members of the Unite union who were due to stage stoppages
AS A new summer shuttle service starts at Leeds Bradford Airport, a leading holiday company has announced it will increase airline seating capacity and introduce more routes from summer 2016. Flybe has started operating its 2015 summer schedule
AN international trade expert has welcomed new research highlighting the district as an export star. Tim Bailey, trade director at Chamber International, which saw requests for export documentation rise by 15 per cent last year, said Bradford’s
DEPARTMENT store House of Fraser has announced plans to open three stores in China as it reported record sales and profits in its first set of annual results since being taken over by a Nanjing-based conglomerate. Like-for-like sales grew 5.8 per
FLOOR coverings retailer CARPETRIGHT revealed it is on track for stronger-than-expected annual profits. The firm, which runs 459 UK stores, with branches in Bradford, Keighley, Halifax and Guiseley, said strong trading momentum saw its like-for-like
MORRISONS expects to escape serious criticism in a possible official investigation into “dodgy” special offers in Britain’s supermarkets. The sector is facing calls for a competition inquiry after consumer group Which? accused firms of ripping
POLICE found a stash of drugs in a house after they were called to a burglary. Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that officers found the occupant, James Tattersall, had been beaten up and cash and his mobile phone stolen. But when they searched
NEXT month Bradford will be buzzing as more than 150 events turn the city centre into a literary hub. The first Bradford Literature Festival will celebrate the district’s cultural heritage with a range of events spanning 10 days, from Roma storytelling
25 years ago: Ten people were arrested after heroin and cannabis were recovered from a chemist’s and a number of private houses in Bradford and Shipley when plain clothes police and pharmaceutical experts joined forces in a swoop. 50 years ago:
FOR a nation of supposed animal lovers, some members of our society can be incredibly cruel to pets and livestock. The latest figures released by the RSPCA show West Yorkshire is second only to London in the number of cruelty cases it has investigated
A SALTAIRE man who is gradually losing his sight hopes to go well past his fundraising target before taking part in the London Marathon on Sunday. Jonathan Wensley, 33, of Titus Street, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition, had hoped to
ANYONE wanting a good view of the Tour de Yorkshire when it passes through on Sunday, May 3, should head to Aberdeen Farm, Oxenhope, and join in the Back T’t Moor Family Fun Day raising funds for the Annette Fox Leukaemia Fund at the same time.
THE RATMA, the River Aire Ten-Minute Amateur film festival, will this year feature more than 60 short films by professional and amateur directors from across the globe this Saturday. All the films will be screened at the Keighley Campus of Leeds
BRADFORD Bulls first team stars will be handing out books at the launch of two Little Free Libraries in Baildon tomorrow. Under the scheme, large boxes will be filled with hundreds of titles to borrow and exchange, with one box full of children
STAFF at East Riddlesden Hall want to reunite a lost ring – thought to be a wedding ring – with its rightful owner. The ring, found in a flower bed in one of the hall’s gardens, is inscribed with a message ("To Elaine from Pail") and they have
THE NSPCC is calling on people in Bradford to play board games to help raise money for the children’s charity as part of its Really Big Board Game Day. The results of a poll released today show that Monopoly has been voted the board game that adults
THE Bradford Burns Unit is getting a funding boost from the Skipton branch of Specsavers. The store is getting behind a production of The 56, a new play by the FYSA Theatre to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire. Staff are giving
WOMEN from across Bradford joined groups from other parts of the country to showcase a special project around life and faith. Groups of women from different cultural and religious backgrounds based at venues including community centres, schools
A PUDSEY-BASED company has been ordered to pay £750 after one of its Bradford pubs was caught without a TV licence. CJ Bars and Inns Ltd, which operates The Royal Hotel in Main Road, Denholme, was fined £500 for using a TV without a licence on
IN A world first for cycling, the Tour de Yorkshire will include a podium jersey which is voted for by fans via Twitter. The ‘digital jersey’ will be presented to the rider who has distinguished himself as the most aggressive, the rider who has
A PENSIONER hopes to raise £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation with her annual plant sale. Mavis Clements, who is in her 80s and whose husband was looked after by a BHF nurse, last year raised £930 for the charity and is holding the event for
PADDLERS who have signed up to take part in a Dragon Boat Race for the Lord Mayor of Bradford’s Appeal dipped their oars at a specially-arranged session. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Mike Gibbons, watched as pupils at Appleton Academy in Wyke donned
FORMER One Direction star Zayn Malik has thanked his fans for their support following his decision to quit the chart-topping band. The singer, 22, returned to the public eye last week at the Annual Asian Awards, where he showed off a new shaved
A JUDGE told a burglar it appeared that offending was his occupation. Leon Faulkner, 24, of Melba Road, Canterbury, Bradford, was jailed yesterday for 18 months at Bradford Crown Court after admitting burglary and two theft charges. Prosecutor
GEORGE Galloway has called on the Government to reinstate funding for migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean. The Respect party leader said many of the “tragic migrants” who had drowned in the past fortnight would be alive today if it weren
THE number of people registering to vote surged to almost half a million on Monday as people rushed to apply before the midnight deadline. Some 469,047 applications were made online across the UK and nearly 16,000 on paper, Cabinet Office figures
SIR John Major’s prediction of “mayhem” if the General Election results in a Labour government propped up by Scottish nationalists provoked a furious response yesterday. Nicola Sturgeon said his comm-ents were “an affront to democr-acy” and Ed
AN INNOVATIVE adaptation of best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is on at Bradford’s Alhambra theatre this week. Joshua Jenkins stars in the acclaimed National Theatre production, which received seven Olivier awards
A MAN, who faces charges of fraud by abuse of position, appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. Shazad Hussain, 38, of Primary Way, Bradford, is facing five charges under the Fraud Act. It is alleged that he dishonestly abused his position
POLICE are still trying to trace a suspect who sexually assaulted a mother in a Bradford shop. The 30-year-old woman was shopping in the Costcutter store in Thornton Road, Fairweather Green, when the man kissed her on the cheek, then grabbed her
A PUBLISHER and author will not say whether any proceeds from a controversial new book about the Valley Parade fire will go to the Bradford Burns Research Unit. Martin Fletcher’s Fifty-Six – The Story of the Bradford Fire suggests the blaze might
AN ARTIST is to hold a photographic exhibition at Bradford Brewery to raise awareness of the effects of Huntington’s Disease. "Perseverance" by Roz Doherty, a HNC photography student at Bradford College, explores some of the obsessive traits of
YORKSHIRE must get by without Aaron Finch "for up to 12 weeks" and Ryan Sidebottom for six after latest injury updates on the pair. Destructive opener Finch has had surgery on his hamstring - and after a scan last week, the length of veteran left-arm
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PHIL Parkinson praised a moment of quality from Billy Clarke as City fought back on the road again. The in-form Irishman followed up his equaliser at Sheffield United by scoring another in last night's 1-1 draw at Scunthorpe. Clarke volleyed
PUPILS at a Bradford school are mounting a charm offensive to help recruit 15 new teachers by creating their own promotional video highlighting the positives of working there.Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College has found itself in the news for
MATTY Blythe has given the Bulls a major boost after being told he does not require surgery after all and is free to play again.But the all-action centre’s imminent return has been tempered by the news that Chris Ulugia has been ruled out for eight weeks
Scunthorpe 1, City 1 CITY'S season may be nearly done but Billy Clarke must wish it still had plenty to run. His 13th goal of the season proved lucky for the Bantams once again as the in-form Irishman rescued a point for the second away game
BRADFORD'S fire crews will target a continued reduction in house fires to curb a rise in the number of injuries and deaths over the past year, the district's commander has said. According to figures from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS),
Stalybridge Celtic 0, Bradford Park Avenue 1 BRADFORD Park Avenue returned to winning ways in their penultimate Vanarama Conference North game of the season thanks to a penalty from former Bantams winger Joe Colbeck. Craig King forced the first
YOUNGSTERS at Haworth Riding for the Disabled group are celebrating the start of a new equine after-school club thanks to a new grant.The national Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) has donated £5,000 to set up a club to share the benefits of activities
VILLAGERS are celebrating after winning the right for a ground-breaking judicial review over plans to build 176 houses on fields in Menston.Lawyers acting on behalf of Menston Action Group (MAG) announced yesterday the Court of Appeal has allowed its
A WOMAN who used the stiletto heel of her shoe to attack another woman in a night club row over a man has been jailed for three and a half years.Bradford Crown Court heard that Shannon Carter, 21, repeatedly hit Amelia Gledhill with the stiletto, causing
BRADFORD has a long way to go to combat its problem with animal cruelty, an RSPCA inspector has warned.Rachel Oprysk was speaking after RSPCA figures today revealed that the number of animal cruelty complaints investigated in West Yorkshire have gone
