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  • Avenue one step from promotion dream

    Bradford Park Avenue 2, Kendal Town 1 Park Avenue booked themselves a place in Saturday’s promotion play-off final at home to either Boston or North Ferriby with a narrow victory tonight. Kendal Town ended the regular season seven points

  • Second-hand sales drive JCT600 on

    Expanding Bradford-based motor dealers JCT600 outperformed the market and pushed up profits to £8.2 million last year. The family-owned business, which has more than 40 outlets across the North, achieved a turnover of £465m for the 12 months to December

  • Rooney pulls out of meeting over leaflet

    Parliamentary candidate for Bradford East Terry Rooney withdrew from a hustings in the constituency at the weekend because of a “malicious” leaflet campaign designed to target Muslim voters. The event on Saturday at the Karmand Centre, Barkerend Road

  • Students set up chamber

    Budding entrepreneurs at three Bradford secondary schools have launched a local initiative designed to develop their project skills and business sense. Bradford Young Chamber involving students from Carlton Bolling College, Tong High School and Grange

  • Record number of ballots sent out

    Record levels of postal votes are set be cast across the district in both the General Election and local election being held on May 6. Ballot packs are being sent out to the 58,702 people who have applied to vote by post in the General Election and the

  • £2,000 fine after worker is trapped

    Magistrates fined a farming company £2,000 today after one of its employees lost part of his foot in a machine. Firefighters spent two hours freeing farm worker Anthony Dolan and considered amputating his foot to release him after he became

  • Jet2 yet to decide on delays pay-out

    Stranded holidaymakers who are seeking compensation from Jet2.com are still waiting to find out if they will receive pay-outs to cover the cost of extra accommodation and food. The budget airline, based at Leeds- Bradford International Airport

  • Village all set for mods and rockers

    Up to 1,000 mods and rockers are to converge on a village – but there will be no trouble. The set-tos of the 1960s are history for these enthusiasts who are joining forces in Sutton in Craven, near Skipton, for Manorlands, the Sue Ryder Home at Oxenhope

  • ‘Hung Parliament bad for business’

    Bosses in the Bradford district believe that a hung Parliament would be bad for business. The city’s chamber of commerce has echoed the results of a national survey that says businesses want a decisive outcome to the General Election on May

  • Crimewatch will feature jewel raid

    A £100,000 armed robbery at a Bradford jewellery shop is set to feature on national television on Wednesday. Shopkeepers at Shaandar Zewar Jewellers, in Maidstone Street, Bradford Moor, were threatened at gunpoint on Monday, March 8.

  • Mugger of pensioner is stopped by 'heroes'

    A gang of men and a Bradford firefighter have been hailed heroes for catching a man suspected of mugging an elderly woman in broad daylight yesterday. The 76-year-old slightly-built pensioner was getting into a minicab in Fagley Road, Bradford

  • Zesh provides children with solid foundation

    City defender Zesh Rehman is set to launch his own football foundation. Rehman will unveil the project at Valley Parade next month – and has the full backing of the club as well as other football-based organisations. “I’ve had great support from the

  • Durham will test resolve of Tykes

    Martyn Moxon has called for calm from his Yorkshire players after their striking start to the County Championship season was consolidated at Kent over the weekend. The Tykes’ director of professional cricket could have been looking at three successive

  • Scruton faces ban for monster hit

    Nick Scruton could be handed a ban for his monster hit on Joel Clinton in yesterday's 40-4 win against Hull KR. Even though the in-form prop was not punished at the time, he will face a Rugby Football League disciplinary panel tomorrow night

  • Success is Academic for karate club

    Leeds Karate Academy, based in Farsley, returned from the 41st North West Open Karate Championships with a huge haul of medals. The squad won five of the events and took all three top placings in the intermediate male kumite. Assistant

  • Charity golf day

    The Fire Brigade have organised a star-filled charity golf day in aid of the Bradford Burns Unit for the 25th anniversary of the Valley Parade disaster. Famous City and Leeds faces will be teeing off at Hollins Hall, including Bobby Campbell, Lee Sharpe

  • Hawksworth shines in the rain

    Jack Hawksworth recorded a brilliant second place at Sarno in southern Italy in the opening round of the 2010 CIK-FIA European Karting Championship. Competing this year for PDB Racing, the highly-rated young Bradford star (pictured) was down

  • Prosecution given extra time in indecent-photographs case

    The prosecution has been given an extra four weeks to submit papers to the defence solicitor representing a 42-year-old man facing 21 counts of possessing indecent photographs of children. Magistrates in Bingley today were due to commit David Cockshott

  • Tiler jumping for joy after defending national title

    Denholme’s Rebekah Tiler followed in the footsteps of Olympic stars Kelly Sotherton and Mark-Lewis Francis as she claimed gold at the Aviva Sportshall UK final in Birmingham. The 11-year-old Bingley Harriers athlete topped the podium in the vertical

  • Two-goal Jones is Manningham hero

    Red-hot favourites Manningham were taken to extra time by New Furnace before finally winning the Bradford Sunday Alliance League Intermediate Cup final. Division 2A side New Furnace put up sterling resistance before finally succumbing to Adam Jones’

  • National success for wrestlers

    The Bradford Wrestling Association excelled at the English National Championships at Stockton on Tees. Results: Tommy Hawthorn 63kg 1st place; Chris Erangy 65kg 1st; Brett Hawthorn 66kg 1st; Frankie Brimacombe 22kg 2nd; Leo Hawthorn 26kg 2nd; Keiron

  • Easy as ABC to enter race

    The sixth Apperley Bridge Canter, organised by Horsforth Harriers, takes place at Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge on Thursday, May 27 at 7.30pm. The ABC, as it has become known, is run on a largely off road course and is around 10k. Entry

  • Mathew a figure of authority

    Thirteen-year-old Mathew Stubley recently umpired at the Yorkshire Youth Hockey League under-16 girls play-offs. He took charge of three group games and the semi-final between eventual winners Wakefield and Doncaster. Mathew began as a player and

  • Silcott runner-up in awards

    Vance Silcott of Bradford Dragons was runner-up in the English Basketball League player of the year awards for Division Three North. Silcott helped his side win the league title before losing to London United in the play-off semi-finals.

  • Live the dream at Valley Parade

    Bradford City have teamed up with The Co-operative to offer two lucky footballers the chance of a lifetime. In memory of victims of the Bradford fire 25 years ago, fans of the club can now bid to play alongside the ‘old boys’ including Dean

  • Question time for football fans

    Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe is among the panel for an election meeting on Wednesday arranged by City’s Supporters Trust to debate football-related issues. The Bradford South MP will be joined by councillor David Ward and Bradford Council

  • Matthews leads way with treble

    Bradford Phoenix did their Division 2A title hopes the power of good with a 9-0 win at Bankfoot Lions in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League. Stuart Matthews scored a hat-trick, backed up by doubles from Lewis Leighton and Craig Hogan. Queensbury’s

  • How candidates would tackle the main issues

    Nader Fekri (Lib Dem): “Keighley constituency is one of the greatest in Yorkshire, in business, in manufacturing, and in its heritage. However, there are still many issues to tackle. “We’ve had 65 years of Tweedle-red and Tweedle-blue politics

  • Council criticised over Cowling Gala

    The chairman of Cowling Gala committee has hit out at the village’s parish council over its lack of support for the event on Saturday, July 31. Gala chairman Ady Green submitted a £500 funding request to Cowling Parish Council in March, but was asked

  • Monday, April 26, 2010

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Matthew Dutton, aged 18, of Coates Street, West Bowling; persistently making use of public communication network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, using threatening or insulting

  • Will’s the Boye for Lions

    Will Boye scored a hat-trick as Guiseley’s reserves returned to the top of the Lancashire League with a 6-2 romp at Eccleshill United. Grant Roberts, Sam Whittaker and an own goal completed the tally in the Lions’ final game of the season. Guiseley

  • Mazher sets up Inter v Sporting final fling

    Inter Batley and Sporting Armley will contest the MARK HAWKINS MEMORIAL TROPHY final after easing through their last-four ties in the Spen Valley League competition. Ramzan Mazher scored twice for Inter, with Mohammed Navsarka and Ashrat Navsarka also

  • Monday, April 26, 2010

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Apperley Bridge: non-material amendment to planning permission 08/04699/FUL (demolition of existing single- storey extension and replacement with two-storey extension to rear

  • Funds blooming for Ilkley flower show

    Gardeners are getting growing ready for this summer’s Ilkley Flower Show. Organisers of the annual event on Saturday, August 7, are planning a coffee morning to raise money for the show. A summary of all the classes planned will be available at the coffee

  • Market 'genteel' Ilkley say town leaders

    Ilkley should be marketed as a place of genteel elegance and simple pleasures, say town leaders. That was the message from business leaders, festival organisers and councillors who met to thrash out a new tourism strategy for the town and surrounding

  • £500,000 upgrade for booming firm

    A printing company is investing another £500,000 in equipment as it completes its third record business month in a row. Dominion Screen & Digital Print, which employs 60 people at its Wibsey base, grew its turnover by 40 per cent last year and invested

  • Honour for top fish and chips

    A former UK fish and chip shop of the year has scooped another award for the quality of its food. Bizzie Lizzie’s in Skipton landed a five-star rating from Seafish, the UK seafood authority, after an inspection of its Swadford Street shop . Lynda Fielding

  • Reilly’s double a boost for Steeton

    Steeton have one foot in the promotion door after brushing aside DIVISION ONE basement club Hemsworth Miners Welfare 5-2 in the West Riding County Amateur League. Lee Reilly led the way with two goals, backed up by one apiece from Graham

  • Get ahead with hanging baskets

    It’s almost time to dust off the patio furniture, spruce up those outdoor pots and sort out your hanging baskets to give you a riot of colour this summer. If you have enough space, keep your hanging baskets in a frost-free greenhouse or a porch

  • Life of composer revealed

    The story of composer Charles Wesley unfolds at Otley Methodist Church this summer as Mark Topping returns after presenting An Evening With John Wesley, at the church in 2008. On Saturday, September 11, Mark will talk about John’s younger brother, Charles

  • Comic cocktail of love and life

    John Godber’s much-loved comedies Bouncers and Shakers are being given a cocktail-style remix. Both plays, updated by Godber, are being staged by Holmfirth Turn Again Theatre, with director Beryl Dunnill at the helm. Both shows have a cast of four

  • Colourful canalside

    When I visited the annual Waterway Festival in Skipton a couple of years ago, the canal basin was bursting with gaily-painted boats and visitors. This year’s festival over the May bank holiday weekend is set to be even bigger and better, with additional

  • Big name DJs play tribute to troops

    Top DJs and artists are heading for Bradford to help wounded British troops. More than 20 big names in the bassline scene will be taking part in what organisers say will be a huge music night in the city in June. Club owner Derek Greenaway is allowing

  • Rio’s dancers are set to thrill

    An exciting dance company from Rio de Janeiro presents its latest awe-inspiring work in Bradford next month. Companhia de Danca, featuring Deborah Colker, one of the great characters from the world of dance, are staging Cruel, combining stunning

  • The power that is all in my hands

    I’ve never felt so wanted. Everybody needs me. I can, so lots of people believe, really make a difference. The economy, education, health care, even job creation – apparently I can help make improvements in all of these areas. At least that’s what

  • Cup joy for Thornbury aces

    Thornbury Youth Community Centre retained the Telegraph & Argus League Cup after beating TVR United on penalties in the final. The match finished 2-2 after extra time before Thornbury, who were runners-up to TVR in the league, held their nerve to win

  • Boss closes the book on his shop

    A bookshop is closing because of rising rent and rates. David Ford has run Saltaire Bookshop in Bingley Road for several years. But now Mr Ford has decided to concentrate more on internet sales from his own home. He will open his house in Myrtle Place

  • Children outline vision for future

    A group of Bradford children who helped draft a youth manifesto outlining priorities for the next government have been scrutinised by the Archbishop of York. Dr John Sentamu questioned the teenagers about the nine key points featured in their document

  • Archive film to be shown at museum

    A compilation of archived footage charting the history of bygone Bradford and West Yorkshire is to be shown at the National Media Museum. The Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA) has worked with the museum to select more than seven hours of film – chronicling

  • Looking for a green agenda

    Environmental issues are likely to play a greater role in this General Election than ever before. Across the country there is widespread concern about global warming, with a knock-on drive for greater use of alternative power and a reduction in reliance

  • Derek's gift is a real comfort

    When Derek Acorah was a boy, living with his grandmother in her Liverpool terrace, he often wondered about the steady stream of visitors through her front door. “There always seemed to be someone calling round,” he says. “Three or four people would

  • Troubled minds of the famous

    Novelist Lisa Appignanesi will be visiting Haworth next week to talk about her new book Mad, Bad And Sad: A History Of Women And The Mind Doctors From 1800. The event, taking place at the West Lane Baptist Centre on Wednesday at 2pm, forms part of the

  • Tales of an American in Bradford

    From 1943 to 1945, American airman William Sellers discovered Bradford and found a home-from-home at Royd House Residential Hotel on Manningham Lane. Serving with the United States Eighth Air Force, stationed near the village of Oundle, Northamptonshire

  • Nets for juniors

    Bingley Congs’ junior section are holding outdoor nets on Tuesdays (6.30pm onwards) for under-17s, under-15s, under-14s and under-11s. Further information is available from David Allen on 07970-542850.

  • The day I got John Lennon's autograph

    A recent appeal on this page for memorabilia from the Beatles’ Bradford gigs sparked memories for Terry Bostock, who was a young autograph hunter at the time. “In 1963, I was a 13-year-old, living in Girlington, and regularly stood outside

  • Puzzle over red dye

    SIR – How did a Bradford company manage to import two tonnes of curry powder containing the banned synthetically-produced red dye Sudan 1 when all dried and crushed or ground chilli coming into the EU must be accompanied by a certificate showing it had

  • Party’s own goal?

    SIR – Have the Heaton Labour Party shot themselves in the foot? Their election banners, erected on the face of the once-elegant but now notorious slum Wilmer Villas on Emm Lane, would indicate that they support the wilful neglect of such property in

  • Think before you vote

    SIR – Election fever or election apathy is now upon us. Some of us won’t bother to vote and then will spend the next year (or five years) complaining about our leaders. This time, why not do it differently? 1. Check you are on the polling register.

  • We know who you are

    SIR – Now is our chance to show the Council we are not prepared to be ignored. This is supposed to be a democratic country, but unfortunately our Council doesn’t know the meaning of the word. There are three of the ‘Bradford Five’ who voted to demolish

  • Once-proud Bradford

    SIR – Why does Bradford Council ignore the views of the people of this city? We do not want a park, we want shops and the Odeon building renovated and restored to match the Alhambra. Bradford once had a lovely town centre, now it resembles a building

  • Thanks for help

    SIR – May I, through your paper, say a grateful thank-you to the wonderful people who seemed to appear from nowhere when my husband had a nasty fall near Shipley Library on Saturday, April 17. I am sorry to say I was hopeless, shocked and very shaky.

  • In perfect harmony?

    SIR – Why is it, whenever I see our esteemed prospective political leaders on television does the old tune, We Three In Happydrome, spring to mind? Alan Brooks, Aireview Crescent, Baildon

  • Pensioner angry at allotment vandals

    A pensioner is calling for better security at an allotment site in Bradford after it was again targeted by thieves and vandals. Robert Dunlop, 70, said about £1,000 of damage had been caused to his plot during a series of incidents at the site

  • Preserve our walls!

    SIR – How pleasant to see interest in dry stone walling with a Country Land and Business Association competition (T&A, April 15). I often think, as I travel around by bus, who began the miles of walls? Who owns them now, and who is responsible for their

  • The Lib Dems for me

    SIR – I have just received my annual Labour flyer. It’s an election, so they come out of the woodwork, give you false hope, then disappear. The only time I hear about them and the Tories is on the news, telling me the fact cats are getting fatter by ripping

  • Air travel progress cannot be stopped

    SIR – I think the Aireborough Civic Society should take a back seat and look at the wider view on aviation in 2010, and especially Leeds-Bradford Airport, and of what seems a problem for them. In this day and age, air travel has become part of the working

  • Watch the small print

    SIR – While many in the electorate have been persuaded by Nick Clegg’s performance in the first TV debate, just remember the things that he didn’t mention that are part of the Lib Dems’ manifesto. They include complete amnesty for some illegal immigrants

  • Politicians’ promises

    SIR – Like many prospective voters in the forthcoming General Election I tuned in to the first TV debate between the leaders of the three main political parties. I was particularly interested in the discussion about education, when Gordon Brown stated

  • Courage of younger generation

    SIR – This morning, I read with a mixture of humility and great pride, reports of the award of the Military Cross to Private Alex Kennedy – a 19-year-old soldier serving in Afghanistan. Half an hour later, I was standing at the checkouts of our local

  • A good old boy

    SIR – The first election debate on TV was a bit like watching the Boys Brigade against Dads’ Army. Nick Clegg and David Cameron’s performances were of the highest order most of the time, but they were up against a formidable opponent in Gordon Brown.

  • Monday, April 26, 2010

    25 years ago: Bradford Council was to employ retired staff to take the place of teachers locked in their pay fight to make sure all children sat their exams in the summer. 50 years ago: Bingley’s determination to remain as a separate authority

  • Tax credit system is flawed

    The tax credits system is a great boon to many families and is, in theory at least, an excellent way to encourage people with children to go back to work. However, as has been seen many times, the system can be a little flawed and many people are massively

  • Mum's fury at order to pay back £11,000 in tax row

    A young single mum has been told she must pay back more than £11,000 overpaid to her by the tax office. Lisa-Marie Holmes, 20, of Otley Road, Bradford, received a letter from HM Revenue & Customs in June last year saying she was entitled to

  • Deported woman’s photos on display

    In November Bradford Cathedral put on an exhibition of photographs of everyday life in war-torn Afghanistan – but the woman who took the pictures over a three-year period was unable to see them. Farahnaz Karimy, an Afghan photojournalist for the European

  • Prison term is totally justified

    The case of Sarah Joyce, who has been jailed for a vicious attack on a child in her care, will chill the blood of parents everywhere. There is no task more sacred than looking after children on behalf of their parents, and every parent who entrusts their

  • VIDEO: Cameron backs parents in school battle

    Conservative leader David Cameron today pledged to fulfil parents’ dreams of opening their own secondary school in Birkenshaw during a rally in the village. Around 1,000 people took part in a ‘Defiance March’ led by Mr Cameron from Birkenshaw

  • Bulls defence is top drawer

    After watching his side throw off the shackles in attack to beat Hull KR 40-4, Steve McNamara was left more impressed by the restraints his Bulls placed on their opponents. The game will likely be remembered for the polished way Bradford performed with

  • VIDEO: Fundraisers take it right to the edge - and beyond!

    Around 80 people dangled nine floors to the foot of a city centre landmark at the weekend to raise money for two worthy causes. The sun came out on Saturday for the thrill-seekers taking part in an annual abseil of Bradford Central Library.

  • Family's hell living next door to a nightmare

    A Bradford mum-of-four says she is scared to let her children play outside because of drug use and dumped rubbish at the derelict building next door. Louise Morrell, 34, has lived at Sandholme Drive, Thorpe Edge, for six years – and she says

  • Daley set for hefty fine

    Peter Taylor branded Omar Daley “selfish” over the red card that will rule him out for City until the second game of next season. The winger was sent off on his comeback from a hamstring injury after lashing out at Chesterfield defender Dan Gray.

  • It’s business as usual as Bulls hit peak form

    Bulls 40, Hull KR 4 ‘England’ is a word that won’t be found in the vocabulary at Odsal. Following a week dominated by talk of the national team, the Bulls quickly switched focus back onto the pitch. All discussion of Steve McNamara

  • United one step closer to securing promotion

    Leeds United 4, MK Dons 1 Former Leeds captain Lucas Radebe dropped in to see his old club hold on to second place with two matches remaining in the race for automatic promotion from League One. Radebe, who was besieged by autograph hunters on his return

  • Evans goal rescues point for ten-man City

    Chesterfield 1, City 1 Gareth Evans knows the score about his goal tally for the season. Evans bagged City’s ten men an improbable point from their last-ever visit to Saltergate with a moment of ingenuity. That takes him to nine goals – but it’s