Brazil 2, North Korea 1 Brazil began their quest for a sixth world crown with victory over North Korea at Ellis Park tonight but it was far from a vintage display from Dunga's men against hard-working opposition. The Koreans, ranked
With Ledley King ruled out of Friday's game against Algeria with a groin strain, Fabio Capello must decide who should partner John Terry at the heart of the England defence. From his Johannesburg base, Scott Wilson looks at the three candidates
Dave Maloney impressed with bat and ball as Shelf got the better of fellow high-fliers King Cross in Division Three of the Towergate Halifax League. The loss of opener Dan Dunkerley in the first over prompted Maloney to promote himself up the order and
Only one of six West Riding Sunday Council League matches produced a positive result as the weather intervened. Kashmir were 172 all out when the rain came, and the umpires decided that Manningham’s innings could be shortened to the minimum
Hameed Khan’s impressive spell for Cambing sent holders Bradford Gymkhana crashing out of the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League's Sir James Roberts Cup. Khan took six for 28 as Gymkhana were all out for 139, with Wajid Mahmood (50no) then securing
Rain prevented any play in the latest round of Bradford & Duistrict Evening League fixtures as the season reached the midway point. Thornton are holding a two-point lead over Denholme at the Division One summit, with Haworth Road and Windhill a further
Skipper Nick Cockcroft led Ilkley to victory over Hall Park in the Aire-Wharfe League and, with Ben Rhydding crashing to a shock defeat, to the top of Division Three. Geoff Barker (32) and Peter Kempton (36) gave Park a solid start, putting on 63 for
Cristiano Ronaldo was denied by the woodwork as Portugal and Ivory Coast had to make do with a point apiece from a goalless draw in Port Elizabeth. The Portuguese skipper, who has not scored an international goal in 16 months, rattled a post with a
Clint McKay swaps the green and blue of Yorkshire for the green and gold of Australia on Thursday but already he credits his time at Headingley with making him a better cricketer. The Victorian hopes to feature in a one-off one-day international against
Yorkshire County Cricket Club are expecting a bumper crowd for Thursday's Friends Provident T20 clash against Lancashire at Headingley Carnegie and are advising members to get their tickets as early as possible. The club state: "Yorkkshire County Cricket
Gareth Barry is looking forward to being reunited in the England midfield with Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard after winning his battle to be fit for Friday's World Cup clash with Algeria.
England will hope that the gamble taken on Gareth Barry's fitness does not backfire in the same way as with David Beckham and Wayne Rooney at the previous two World Cups. Barry insists he has recovered completely from the ankle ligament damage suffered
Hundreds of Bradford schoolchildren waved and cheered as two times gold medal winner Sebastian Coe arrived in Lister Park to meet youngsters who have been inspired by the 2012 London Olympics. During his visit, Lord Coe, chairman of the London
A refugee support group has outgrown its old offices and moved into new headquarters which are seven times larger. Bradford Action For Refugees officially opened its new base on Tuesday. Already the number of clients seeking help and
Winston Reid scored a dramatic equaliser deep into injury time to give New Zealand their first-ever point in the World Cup finals as they drew 1-1 with Slovakia. It was also New Zealand's first goal in the finals for 28 years and sparked wild
Cougars coach Barry Eaton is looking to repay the club’s support by beating Widnes in the Northern Rail Cup semi-finals on Sunday. Keighley kicked off the Co-operative Championship season with a nine-point deduction and Eaton believes the last-four
An MP is demanding more is done to tackle absent parents paying no support towards their children. Shipley Tory MP Philip Davies said too often the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission – the former Child Support Agency – targets parents
Bowl-outs were the order of the day as the second round of the Cowling Cup was ruined by the rain. Riddlesden Seconds were cruising at 196 for two at home to Glusburn Seconds in the Craven & District League knock-out competition but it was the visitors
Defender Louis Horne this afternoon put pen to paper on a one-year deal at Valley Parade. Eighteen-year-old Horne, son of City's youth development officer Peter, was named as a substitute 31 times last season. But he came on only once for the
Running log The final leg of the ninth BRADFORD MILLENNIUM WAY RELAY saw a head-to-head battle between top runners from leading fell clubs. Barely a minute separated Pudsey & Bramley from Keighley & Craven and Bingley at the changeover in Ilkley for
As the curtain rises on an all-night fundraiser at Bradford Playhouse this weekend, candles will be flickering to celebrate the lives of children who have battled cancer. Among those lighting candles will be Rachel Saul and Jane Walker, two mums who
Yorkshire face East Midlands in the second group game of the BRITISH PARKS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP on Sunday, with the winners favourites to reach the August semi-finals. The home match will be played at Pudsey, with the away leg at Belvedere Park in Stoke
Paul Hillam of Eccleshill is the St Enoch’s Garage-sponsored BRADFORD MERIT champion after a narrow 21-18 win over Stuart Wilson (Greengates) in the final. Hillam first lifted the title back in 1972 while playing for Bradford Moor but still has a great
BRADFORD LEAGUES SATURDAY Naylor: Guiseley A 201 (22), Eccleshill B 158 (8); Pudsey Littlemoor A 196 (25), Shipley Club A 126 (5); Clayton A 183 (17), Brighouse Sports A 169 (13); Pudsey A 205 (26), Crossgates 137 (4); Eccleshill A 190 (
England had a double dose of good news on Tuesday morning as Wayne Rooney and Ashley Cole returned to training. The pair missed Monday's session, Cole to do rehabilitation work on old injuries and Rooney with an ankle knock he picked up in the opening
Hepworth & Idle lost top spot in DIVISION A of the Dales Council League as they were brushed aside by Mount. Centuries from Imran Patel and Usama Sacha boosted Mount to 300 for four and Hepworth could only muster 170 in reply, stand-in wicketkeeper Se
A children’s centre providing support and play facilities for young families is expected to open its doors next month. The centre, attached to the Warehouse youth centre on Ilkley’s Little Lane, is already taking shape and Bradford Council hopes to open
A 68-year-old has become the first woman to complete the full 48-and-a-quarter miles and 6,171ft ascent of the Bradford Millennium Way in one day. Hilary Wharam, a veteran of 20 marathons, including 11 London Marathons – despite only having taken up
Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has been given the green light to play with a protective cast on his arm for the World Cup Group G match against Portugal. The Chelsea forward's participation had been in doubt after he suffered a fractured arm in
It was a hero’s homecoming for Bingley motorcycle champ Ian Hutchinson after he became the first rider to win five races in a week at the Isle of Man TT. Friends of “Hutchy” welcomed the 30-year-old home to his local, The Acorn in Eldwick yesterday
Families with Down’s Syndrome children can enjoy a year of free swimming lessons at Bingley Baths, thanks to a legacy left by Bradford’s last chimney sweep. After winning the pools in 1973, Hughie Sunter left his winnings to be used by charities working
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Kieran Winter, aged 20, of Hazelcroft, Eccleshill; three counts of failure to comply with requirements of community order, order revoked and dealt with for the original offence of having an
A young performer will be following in his late uncle’s footsteps after landing a place at one of the country’s top musical theatre schools. Liam Lloyd, 18, of Idle, Bradford, has received a scholarship to do a degree in musical theatre at the Guildford
Brazil coach Dunga is warning his players against complacency when they take on rank outsiders North Korea at Ellis Park. The five-time world champions, ranked number one in the world, face a side ranked 85th in what should be a one-sided contest.
Relatives and friends joined a Keighley centenarian for her birthday celebrations. Ella Drasdo attributes her long life to walking everywhere when she was younger. She said: “We would walk from Allerton to Bingley Show and back again – and then we’d
June is a busy month for veterans. On Saturday it’s the Lord Mayor's civic service at 11.30 hours in the Cathedral, with standards raised in Centenary Square at 10.45 hours. On Monday a flag-raising is in the Square at 11.00 hours for Armed Forces Day
A climate change protester was among nine people who went on trial yesterday charged with shutting down an airport. Katherine Mackay, 21, of Birklands Road, Shipley, is accused with eight other defendants of cutting a security fence at Aberdeen
The 37th Harden Children’s Gala is on Saturday. A procession, led by the New Orleans Jazz Band, will leave Ryecroft Road at 1.40pm. Fancy dress entrants will join at Midgeham Grove. Activities at the gala field – Memorial Hall Park – begin at 2pm, when
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Silsden: convert garage to habitable room, 21 Waterside. Steeton with Eastburn: construction of extension to pavilion, Steeton Cricket Club, Summerhill Lane. Steeton with Eastburn
A military aviation expert is appealing for help to find the relatives of a Bradford flight navigator who died when his plane was shot down over Holland during the Second World War. Sergeant Fred Anthony Hatton was among five crew members killed when
A week of health events has started in a bid to find the 5,000 people in Bradford who have a life-threatening disease – but are unaware of it. It is Diabetes Awareness Week and NHS Bradford and Airedale’s community development team has organised
The final two shortlisted companies bidding for a 25-year, £400 million waste treatment contract for Bradford and Calderdale have been announced. Earth Tech Skanska, and 3SE – a combination of Shanks and Scottish and Southern Energy – have reached the
A highways chief has warned road safety schemes will be put at risk after the Government ordered Bradford Council to hand back £1.4 million of its transport grant. A total of £1.22m is being taken from the Integrated Transport Block grant – which funds
A University of Bradford student has spoken of how he fled the Taliban in his home town in Pakistan to study in the city. Iqbal Hussan, 30, a postgraduate student studying an MSc in Forensic Archaeology and CSI, benefited from a Countries in Crisis scholarship
Groundsman David Wharf has replied to scathing criticism by Cleckheaton captain John Wood after their four-wicket win at Woodlands on Saturday. Wood said the Woodlands wicket was “very poor” and he would refer to that in his report to the league. “
Vandals have caused an estimated £40,000 of damage in an overnight attack on a Bradford plant hire company. A total of 216 tyres were slashed on vehicles parked in Thomas Crompton’s yard, off Bowling Back Lane, Bradford. Now Mr Crompton
Apart from fretting about the fortunes of Bafana Bafana, the South African population seems to be spending the majority of the World Cup worrying about how the tournament is going down in the rest of the world. I've already lost track of the number of
Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has accused England of playing "kick and rush" football and believes they are suffering for the lack of domestic players in the Barclays Premier League. Beckenbauer saw Joachim Low's side record an impressive 4-0 win
A pharmacy worker stole human growth hormone valued at more than £600,000 to help his body building hobby, a jury has been told. Naheem Malik, 26, is alleged to have stolen drugs over several months after fraudulently claiming they were for patients
During the World Cup we're going to be asking T&A readers to vote on key questions.
Gareth Barry insists he will be "spot on" in terms of fitness for England's World Cup clash with Algeria after admitting it was touch and go at one stage whether he would make the squad. The midfielder revealed his ankle - injured when playing for
SIR – That irritant buzzing noise of the vuvuzela is ruining the World Cup for me, the players and many officials. It’s like having a hearing disability. You can’t get any feel of the atmosphere, and I watch now with no volume. South Africa has scored
SIR – Seven million pounds – why, that is just ‘a drop in the Mirror Pool’, which is, ridiculously, being constructed around City Hall at a cost of £24m. That is almost four times the amount which the Government is wanting handing back from the Council
SIR – “For distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction, in print or online or both.” That
SIR – It was interesting reading “Our streets are dirtiest in region” (T&A, June 9). I took a photo in spring of Odsal, where I live, a beautiful entry to our once-proud city. A place where most people take pride in their property and garden and street
SIR – The Department for Transport was ordered to slash £683 million from its budget, consequently 100 extra carriages will not be delivered to train operators across the Bradford district as promised. If you’re fed up with travelling on
SIR – It was early evening as I looked out on to The Avenue to see three young cricketers in white making their way to a match at Clayton Cricket Club. This brought back happy memories of how I joined the cricket club in 1954. They were then known as
SIR – As a resident of Bradford, I fully support people showing their support for England in the World Cup by displaying their flags. Unfortunately, I see people from other cultures are not happy, saying the flags offend them, as it is ‘racist’ putting
A former Telegraph & Argus journalist is flying the England flag with pride at his tea room in Germany during the World Cup. Former sports writer Simon Orrell was only too willing to put the Telegraph & Argus England flag in his window after
Some Bradford business bosses have installed big screen televisions in the workplace to allow employees to watch England’s crucial World Cup match against Slovenia. Christians Against Poverty (CAP), a charity which employs 150 people at its
SIR – Re the letter ‘Flags clue to driving’ from Graham Hoyle (T&A, June 11). How dare Mr Hoyle condemn the patriotism of those who choose to support the England football team? Displaying these flags has no bearing on the owners’ driving ability, but
Former Bradford businessman Bob Slicer – the driving force of what became Britain’s biggest breakdown recovery company – has died in Australia at the age of 85. Mr Slicer, originally from Low Moor, was managing director of the National Breakdown
A Bradford recruitment agency which has expanded its client base by around 40 per cent has helped its parent company predict a £2m boost in turnover for 2010. Frontline Recruitment Ltd is expecting a “bumper year” in 2010 and is beating the economic
A leading residential lettings expert has warned that the market has been left open to ‘cowboys’ after the new Government’s decision not to press ahead with plans to regulate the sector. Will Linley, whose company Linley & Simpson is Yorkshire
Diabetes is a hidden killer, a disease that can lead to a host of life-threatening illnesses if unchecked. So the news that around 5,000 of us in Bradford might have the condition and be unaware of it is a frightening statistic. Lack of exercise, a
Luke O’Brien has become the latest City ace to jump on the Peter Taylor bandwagon. The club’s former player of the year follows in the footsteps of Lee Bullock, Michael Flynn, Leon Osborne and Jon McLaughlin by putting pen to paper, signing
They are Britain’s unpaid workforce and their valuable contribution saves the country £87 billion each year – the cost of a second NHS. There are almost six million carers in the UK. In our region, 518,211 of these selfless individuals devote
25 years ago: Fast food giant McDonalds was set to expand in West Yorkshire, with shops planned in Bradford and Leeds, bringing up to 160 jobs to the area. 50 years ago: The Alhambra’s owner, Mrs Gwladys Stanley Laidler promised “the show will
Bradford Council has applied for permission to build 81 homes and reinstate ten allotments. The scheme on a site to the south of 20 to 44 Pollard Lane in Undercliffe, Bradford, is being recommended for approval by planners at a meeting of Bradford
Police have obtained the first Violent Offender Order in West Yorkshire to help protect a Bradford woman from being contacted by a man who attacked her. The order, used to protect vulnerable victims from potential further violent abuse, comes
Former Leeds and England goalkeeper Nigel Martyn believes Robert Green should be given another chance after his World Cup blunder against the United States. Martyn sympathises with Green for allowing Clint Dempsey’s tame shot to slip through his fingers
Two brothers will be sentenced after they admitted assaulting two men during a feud. Ednan Bashir, 30, and Israr Bashir, 25, appeared in the dock at Bradford Crown Court yesterday in connection with an incident in Newlands Place, Undercliffe, Bradford
Gerry Sutcliffe’s call for a debate on the legalisation of prostitution has been backed by the district’s other MPs. Yesterday, Mr Sutcliffe, the Bradford South Labour MP, said there should be “controlled zones” where sex workers could operate
The realisation of a life-time ambition proved bittersweet for Bulls prop Steve Crossley. Bradford born and bred, the 20-year-old has dreamed of playing for his home-town club since he first picked up a rugby ball, and finally had his wish
A man who stole more than £21,000 from a pensioner’s bank account has been given a suspended prison sentence. Mohammed Majid, 24, had worked at the Bradford & Bingley bank where the 82-year-old victim had two ISA accounts, but had left its employment
