Otley enter Saturday’s titanic derby clash against Wharfedale with National League One survival still in their own hands. Victory in their final game will see them avoid relegation despite results elsewhere but if they lose and Newbury beat Sedgley Park
Jamie Langley column:We’re off to Murrayfield this weekend and although we’re all looking forward to the game, it might be time for a change with Magic Weekend. Obviously the main focus is to expand the game but if people are not turning out for it,
Chief executive Stewart Regan has reiterated Yorkshire’s stance on the potential changes to the structure of the County Championship, backing the retention of 16 games and two divisions. Reports surfaced again today about an overhaul of the competition
A benefit cheat who hid a cash stash while claiming Income Support will go to jail if he does not pay back all the money he dishonestly pocketed. A court gave Inyat Hussain six months to return more than £40,000 he claimed over almost six years. The
A former head teacher of a Baildon school has died after he was in an accident with a car in Morecambe. Gordon Thompson suffered serious head and pelvis injuries while crossing a road in the seaside town he had retired to. Police are
A businesswoman whose shop closed down after it was deliberately wrecked during a rent dispute has hit out at the level of compensation awarded to her by a judge. Karin Borchers says her dolls shop lost all its customers after Majid Ayub smashed it up
Disgruntled members of Yorkshire Building Society complained about three directors taking bonuses totalling £150,000 after the chief executive had decided to waive his payout. The protest was made at this week’s annual general meeting of the Bradford-based
A building services company headed by a Bradford business leader has landed lucrative new contracts after diversifying its operations. Balbir Panesar, founder and managing director of PEC Building and Shopfitting, is upbeat about the firm’s prospects
Peter Taylor reckons it’s more fun to work with James Hanson than Inter Milan or Barcelona. City’s rookie striker, who will again miss out through injury on Saturday, deservedly dominated the trophies at this week’s awards night. Taylor
The cultural heritage of Bradford’s Polish community is being celebrated in a week of events. The Polish Festival features a Polish disco, screenings of Polish films, concerts by Polish rock bands and family events. The festival begins
Hopeful treasure-hunters came in their hundreds to Saltaire when the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow began filming in the historic village yesterday. Crowds of people clutching newspaper parcels and battered cardboard boxes containing their family
Yorkshire and Durham are off for rain at Headingley, increasing the chances that this LV= County Championship match will finish in a draw. Michael Di Venuto has reached his 55th first-class career century, helping the visitors to 215-4 in the 64th over
It’s set to be a steamy Bank Holiday weekend as a celebration of classic movie The Railway Children kicks off the special events. Sally Thomsett – who starred in the much-loved film shot on the Keighley & Worth Valley railway – is returning
Staff at Bradford College are deciding whether to take industrial action over redundancies. A ballot of the institution’s 500 members of the University and College Union is due to close tomorrow. Lecturers and students of the college’s Bolton Royd Centre
Top-flight newcomers Bankfoot are determined to prove the doubters wrong and keep their place among the JCT600 Bradford League elite. The Odsal side are many people’s favourites to go straight back down, having won promotion with Under-cliffe last season
Jamie Langley has been ruled out of the Bulls' Magic Weekend clash with Crusaders. The experienced back-rower was a late withdrawal from last week's 40-4 win against Hull KR with a quad injury and has failed to recover in time for the trip to Murrayfield
Chris Stevenson e-mailed: I am researching my family tree and am looking for any family of a Mrs R M Swanwick, of 27 Binnie Street, Bradford 3. - this address I have for Mrs Swanwick in August 1961. My grandfather, Charles Frederick Smith
Bradford Park Avenue’s tilt for promotion to the Blue Square North will be decided at Horsfall Stadium on Saturday. The club’s roller-coaster UniBond League season has kept their fans enthralled and if they beat Boston United in the Premier Division
Experienced Durham pair Michael Di Venuto and Dale Benkenstein set their game against Yorkshire en route to a draw after batting through the morning session untroubled on day three at Headingley. Resuming this LV= County Championship match on a perilous
Eccleshill AS: There will be a series of eight open matches on the canal lake at No-Bye Farm commencing late May, with bookings through Dave at the shop only. The first leg of the challenge match against KL Tackle will be on Sunday, May 16 at Sunrise
Lee Bullock column It came as a total shock to be named the players’ player of the year. As a boring midfielder, I didn’t imagine I would ever get it compared with people like James Hanson, Flynny or Rammers. I’d voted for James. But it was
Albion Sports, who where one of the most successful Sunday sides in the Bradford area, will aim to mark their transition to Saturday level with a trophy tomorrow night. They twice won the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup and now play in the final of
Premier Division champions Guiseley have the opportunity to bow out of the UniBond League in style with a showpiece game for another trophy on Saturday. The Lions will be playing their football in the Blue Square North next season but have
Bradford Dudley Hill and West Bowling both finished the National Conference Division One campaign with midweek defeats. Hill, who lost 32-20 at Castleford Panthers, can still finish second if Normanton Knights falter in their remaining catch-up games
Leaflets handed out in Bradford East attacking the record of Terry Rooney as an MP are part of a campaign to raise awareness of the election within the Muslim community in the constituency, according to the organisation behind them. The leaflet was designed
Alun Griffiths (Lib Dem) “Residents, especially young people in Bradford South, are facing great difficulties in getting into work and training, particularly in this recession. “Along with everyone else in the city, they share the sense of
Ben Rhydding, one of only two DIVISION THREE clubs with a 100 per cent start to the Aire-Wharfe League season, will be expected to extend that run when they travel to Addingham on Saturday. While Addingham look to have improved this season, they have
Scarecrows have invaded Cononley near Skipton for the second year. The village staged its first scarecrow festival in 2009 to celebrate the centenary of Cononley Institute and it proved so successful, another one has been arranged for the May Day Bank
Trophy-winner Sarah Toulmin proudly displays the flower arrangement which won her a top prize at one of the region’s most prestigious flower shows. Sarah, who works at her family’s Eastells Florist in Shipley, won the Bretherick trophy for her ‘Skyline
A patchwork coat provided inspiration at a storytelling day at a Bradford school. Story-telling Laureate Taffy Thomas invited children at Springwood Primary School, Wood Street, Manningham, to help him come up with stories based on each individual patch
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Sam Philip Morley, aged 20, of Thirkhill Court, West Bowling; criminal damage, £65 fine, £100 compensation, £55 costs. Mohammed Ramzan, aged 36, of Newlands Place, Undercliffe; driving while
The quality of the beer at the Brown Cow in Bingley has been praised by experts. Licensee, Mustafa Ozmen has been presented with a plaque after Cask Marque trained assessors tested his beer. Andrew Daykin, tied estate manager for Timothy Taylor, who
In a game increasingly ruled by reddies, Jamie Langley is worth his weight in gold. True, money talks and the bottom line is often top priority but old-fashioned loyalty stubbornly remains the most valuable commodity. Spending can bring
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED (18, 100 mins) *** Starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan A young woman faces a terrifying ordeal in this edge-of-your-seat thriller with a simple design – three characters trapped predominantly
THE LAST SONG (PG, 107 mins)** Starring Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Liam Hemsworth, Bobby Coleman, Kelly Preston, Hallock Beals, Melissa Ordway, Carly Chaikin When best-selling writer Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John) was penning The Last
IRON MAN 2 (12A, 124 mins) *** Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L Jackson, Jon Favreau, Garry Shandling The sequel to 2008’s superhero blockbuster struggles to integrate
Husband-and-wife duo Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart will be taking to the stage at Korks in Otley tomorrow as part of the venue’s True Troubadours season. Using acoustic guitar interplay, autobiographical songwriting, infectious harmonies and humorous
You may not have noticed, but it is election time. A period when promises are ten-a-penny and people realise that the phrase ‘hung parliament’ has nothing to do with revolution and execution. I have tried to stay up-to-date with the debates so far, but
While a quarter of the adult population watched three political leaders make promises to people who in the main are basically well-provided for, I was watching another channel. This programme was the first in a series on Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria
The tragic death of a 23-year-old construction worker killed on a building site was marked on International Workers Memorial Day. A flowering cherry tree was planted in the grounds of Cliffe Castle Museum, in Keighley, yesterday to remember Steven Allen
Shelf Cricket Club are holding their first fund-raising event on Saturday towards their new pavilion. It is a sports quiz at the Shoulder of Mutton (8.30pm) and the entry fee is £10 for a team of four. There is a cash prize for the winners, plus a free
BRADFORD EVENING LEAGUE – Division One: Windhill 139-5 (J Holland 51no), Haworth Road 109 (M Nadeem 26); Thornton 135-6, Indian Panthers 108-8; Baildon Meths 99-3 (C Reynolds 32no, B Hinchcliffe 31), Allerton 102-4 (C Brown 22, J Waddington 27); Denholme
SIR – I am writing on behalf of two local residents, Mr Ken Ashton and Mrs Mary Copeland, to convey their heartfelt thank you to Councillor Vanda Greenwood (pictured). She arranged to have the pavements lowered so that they may venture out on their electrically
SIR – B Rookey, of Shipley (T&A, April 26), claims the Lib Dems are the only party to claim they are working for us and not themselves. This is clearly an election promotion, so to put this on a level playing field, may I direct you to Philip Davies
SIR – Now that the general election is in full swing, Bradford Council – I suppose along with other councils – have issued two voting cards. They are both identical in wording apart from two parts, which show that one is for local government and which
SIR – The three party leaders given the debate platform seem to misunderstand the fundamental laws of economics, particularly the Prime Minister (and erstwhile Chancellor), which is why we are in the mess we are. Let me guide them here and the lay public
SIR – The three party leaders given the debate platform seem to misunderstand the fundamental laws of economics, particularly the Prime Minister (and erstwhile Chancellor), which is why we are in the mess we are. Let me guide them here and the lay public
SIR – I was pleased to see that The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority during the review of MPs’ expenses have decided that MPs should no longer be eligible for a one-off payment when they lose or leave their seat. The severance pay for MPs
SIR – I recently received BORG’s Odeon Observer flysheet, which I found to be offensive, not only to the five councillors mentioned, but also to the citizens of Bradford. The five councillors had voted to demolish the Odeon, but this was a Council decision
25 years ago: The carcass of a new-born foal and a dog left to rot on derelict Bradford land sickened residents in the area. 50 years ago: Bradford ‘A’ Group Hospital Management Committee felt dissatisfied at the slow progress being made towards
Shipley’s Conservative candidate yesterday turned down an invitation to campaign with the UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader who has backed him for re-election because of his anti-European stance. Tory Philip Davies was asked by UKIP leader
Shelley Lister often reaps the rewards of shopping at the same supermarket every week. Using Tesco for her main grocery shop, she finds the money-off vouchers awarded through the store’s Clubcard scheme helpful. “I put them towards the family shop,”
News that murderer and child rapist Stephen Ayre has won an appeal against his ‘whole-life’ sentence is disturbing. After all, the crimes of this dangerous and depraved man are horrific and it is clear that he is exactly the sort of person who should
Visitors to the National Media Museum will soon be able to get a glimpse life in West Yorkshire throughout the past century thanks to an online portal of archived film footage. More than seven hours of unseen footage from the region is to be
Super League has come as a real shock to the system for Matt Orford. Although the English game has received heavy criticism in recent months, often compared unfavourably with Australia’s NRL, the Bulls scrum half is having none of it. Having made the
Bingo-playing Annie Webster is expecting a full-house at her 103rd birthday party today. Mrs Webster, who moved from Shipley three weeks ago to live at Sunningdale Care Home in North Park Avenue, close to Lister Park, Bradford, is a fan of
Peter Taylor still expects to be confirmed as City’s long-term boss by the weekend. Taylor held more talks with the board yesterday and remains confident that a new deal will be rubber-stamped before the Valley Parade clash with Northampton
The dad of a boy abducted and raped by a “highly dangerous” convicted murderer has criticised a decision by top judges to allow his attacker a parole hearing. Stephen Peter Ayre, 48, yesterday won an appeal against his ‘whole life’ sentence
The mother-in-law of a Coronation Street star has been badly injured in a pleasure boat crash at Florida’s Disney World holiday resort. A police investigation is under way after Barbara Joan Wormald, 61, of Skipton, suffered severe injuries
