Young story writer Darnell Evans visited Bradford Royal Infirmary to hand over funds he raised for its neo-natal unit by selling some of his work. The eight-year-old, a pupil at Grove House Primary School, Bolton, Bradford, sold the latest
Incoming Bulls boss Mick Potter carried out a demoltion job on his future club as his St Helens side won 60-12 at Knowsley Road. The writing was on the wall right from the start when Ade Gardner scored in the left corner only moments after Jamie Foster
Young people from Hull visited Bradford to start a range of activities to help introduce youngsters to volunteering. The volunteering taster events, which have been taking place throughout August, have been organised as part of the National Young Volunteers
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for four years for a drunken hammer attack on a family friend. Danny Gower needed surgery for a depressed fracture of the skull after Wayne Dickson struck him on the head with the weapon. Both men had drunk excessive
The first round of Super League fixtures in 2011 will all take place in Cardiff as part of the ‘Millennium Magic’ weekend. The details of who will play who have yet to be confirmed, and it marks a return of the event to Wales after two years at Murrayfield
Tong High School’s Charles Grocock has been named in the England squad for the Sainsbury’s UK School Games at Gateshead International Stadium’s athletics hall from September 3-5. Grocock, who is part of a 24-strong squad representing his country, will
Andrew Gale has backed his current vice-captain Jacques Rudolph to make a success of leading the Nashua Titans this winter. Gale believes the 29-year-old, named the new skipper of his South African franchise earlier this week, will take a calmness
This Sunday sees an intriguing Wynn Cup final take place between Bradley and Long Lee at Bradley (1.30pm). The venue was chosen back in January so Bradley, like Oakworth last year, are playing on their own turf. However, their opponents Bingley Congs
The final of the Bankfoot Charity Cup was won by White Eagles, who beat George Hotel 2-0. A goal in each half by Leon Reed and Arron Heywood secured the trophy at Carrbottom Recreation Ground. Jamie Bairstow won the man of the match award. Organisers
A large crowd at Wagon Lane witnessed an intriguing match between Bradford & Bingley and a Yorkshire XI but heavy rain left them frustrated. Adil Rashid – returning to his former side – Ajmal Shahzad and Jonathan Bairstow were among the Tykes to compete
A diving pool has been built in the cellar of a Victorian shop. The Aqua Clinic has been constructed in the basement of diving instructor Garry Hudson’s shop, Duck and Dive, in Otley Road, Shipley, as a not-for-profit social enterprise to encourage
More than 70 drivers were caught speeding in Ilkley and Addingham in three Speedwatch operations. Two Speedwatch sessions on the busy A65 through Ilkley caught 50 speeding vehicles, and another operation in Ilkley Road, Addingham, tracked down 22 vehicles
Bradford Open golf champion James Firth is on course to win another title, having clocked up a healthy lead in the Karl Curran Memorial Trophy. In the competition formerly known as the T&A Golfer of the Year – it was renamed in honour of the late South
An injury to midfielder Rob O’Brien has seriously affected manager Simon Collins’ plans and is worse than first thought. Collins revealed this week that O’Brien will be out for at least three months after breaking a metatarsal. The club’s supporters
City have signed David Syers following an impressive trial spell with the club. The former Farsley and Harrogate midfielder has put pen to paper on a deal until the end of the season with the option of a further year. Syers joined up
A Bradford artist is exploring the darker side of fairytales in her new exhibition. The display, by Jessica Beattie, whose work has been exhibited in Paris and London, runs at Bradford Playhouse until Tuesday. Jessica, who is studying fashion and textiles
A link-up with the football academy that was set up by former Bradford City winger Mark Ellis and is based in Leeds has already provided some players for Eccleshill United. Ellis is the Eagles’ director of football but team affairs are run by manager
Ian Holmes (Bingley Harriers) finished a hard-earned third in the Borrowdale Fell Race. This Lakeland classic starts in Rosthwaite and covers 17 miles and 6,500ft of ascent, visiting Bessyboot, Esk Hause, Scafell Pike, Styhead Tarn, Great Gable and
The new Bradford Sunday Alliance League season kicks off this weekend with a reduced programme of matches. This includes a full quota of Premier Division fixtures, with promoted Westwood Park hosting Ventus Sports in their debut top-flight outing.
Former club secretary and press officer Stewart Willingham is keen to get in touch with a number of Thackley’s former players this weekend. Brian Kay, a Thackley player in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is back in the country for a visit and an old
Bradford Royal Infirmary has employed a team of specialist alcohol workers to help identify patients with drinking problems and offer them support. People who arrive at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency department intoxicated will be given an appointment
Keighley RUFC will honour one of their favourite sons by naming their stand after Frank Whitcombe. The memory of the club stalwart, who died last year, will be commemorated and celebrated at their Utley headquarters on Sunday, August 29.
A pensioner has complained after being barred from a family swim session at a pool he has used for 30 years. David Moorhouse, 73, said he was stunned when a new manager at Queensbury Pool prevented him from taking his regular morning swim. “She asked
Campaigners are urging the owners of Otley’s former Bridge End cattle market site to respect the “desire of the town” and restore the site to nature. Leeds City Council has issued an enforcement notice on the landowner, meaning the long-running saga
The first phase of a Bradford production company’s advertising campaign for furniture retailer Barker & Stonehouse has been hailed a success. The four ‘superstyle your house’ adverts, currently being aired on ITV, Channel 4 and Five, are the first of
A Bradford business chief sees the axing of Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, as an opportunity to avoid a ‘tick-box’ target approach to economic growth. As the debate about how to fill the gap left by Yorkshire Forward continues, Bradford
A 24-year-old man was today being quizzed by detectives in connection with a robbery at a Bradford supermarket filling station. Police have continued to appeal for witnesses to the raid in which two men, with their faces covered, forced their
Firstly, a Friday 13th-style apology – due to eerie, unnatural technical glitches (ie my e-mail not getting through when I wasn’t in the office) last week’s column didn’t appear. I’m sure you coped, but for anyone still traumatised, I’m very sorry. So
New calls have been made for more carriages on the district’s railways. A fresh survey revealed the region’s passengers were more concerned about over-capacity than those in the rest of the country. The Passenger Focus report revealed that train passengers
Police have warned that they could seize the cars of drivers who are blighting a popular Bingley beauty spot. Officers have stepped up patrols on the St Ives estate to break up groups of young people who are travelling there from outside the area to
A family man who ran a sophisticated operation selling bootleg DVDs was led weeping to the cells at Bradford Crown Court after he was locked up for five months yesterday. Aftab Butt, 47, was caught throwing incriminating items over his garden fence when
SIR – I am not sure how Brian Holmans (Letters, August 9) arrives at his view that I am inconsistent. I do not want Government interference at any time, any way, any how. Full stop! Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in
SIR – The BBC certainly made sure that none of us missed its coverage of the Leeds United’s opening match of the season, as it was imposed upon us from every direction. Radio Leeds, Five Frequencies, plus DAB and online, Radio Five Live, two frequencies
SIR – In the belief in freedom of speech and fair play, could it be possible for your paper to back another petition to see how many people would be in favour of allowing the EDL the chance to hold a march? Mr Meszaros stated there was an ‘overwhelming
SIR – I am sorry to hear that TV star Geoffrey Hughes, Coronation Street’s Eddie Yeats, is battling cancer after the disease returned. He was in the Alhambra pantomime of 1975-76, and he is a very nice man. I send my best wishes to him and his family.
SIR – Thank you for your story (August 10) on the culvert repair work in Harden, ‘work’ being a word I use loosely! The replacement of the culvert is termed ‘necessary’ by Bradford Council, therefore, despite the fact our postmaster is on the verge of
SIR – Instead of ringing the benefits office to tell them he wouldn’t need them anymore as he had just won £11 million on the Lottery, would it not have been better if Peter Redikin of Cheshire had sent a cheque to cover the state handouts he had received
SIR – I am not a supporter of the English Defence League and in fact had heard little of them until you decided to tell readers of the T&A about them with your headlines. Other organisations, some Islamic, some not, are allowed to walk through our cities
SIR – Since Westfield bought the Broadway site they have built the largest inner-city shopping centre in Europe at Shepherd’s Bush and are well on their way to building another one in Stratford – at a cost of £1.5bn, which actually has fewer units pre-let
Bradford may no longer be the worst area in the country for uninsured drivers, but the fact remains that 18,000 or so vehicles are still being driven here without insurance. Research by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), as part of the Stay Insured campaign
25 years ago: Members of Lower Grange Support Group went into the fourth week of a sit-in at Lower Grange Tenants’ Community Association building, which they said was empty throughout the day and was not benefiting residents. 50 years ago
Steve Menzies will continue playing next season – but it is unlikely to be at Bradford. Although the door has not closed completely on an Odsal extension, the veteran back-rower has been given permission to consider other options while the Bulls do the
It is perfectly understandable – and, indeed, laudable – for those who oppose the planned English Defence League (EDL) march in Bradford at the end of this month to want to show the world they reject that group’s message of fear, hatred and division.
A predatory mini-cab driver who repeatedly raped a young mother on an isolated farm track at dead of night has been jailed for ten years. Mohammed Ahmed targeted the vulnerable 19-year-old after the taxi she had ordered did not turn up. Ahmed, 42, was
City’s new goalkeeping chief has tipped Jon McLaughlin to become one of the best in League Two. Tim Dittmer only joined Peter Taylor’s full-time coaching staff at the end of last month but has already been impressed by what he has seen. The Warrington-based
Alex Bruce hopes his solid debut performance for Leeds will persuade manager Simon Grayson to keep him in the side to face Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday (1.15pm). Bruce, 25, came into the defence in place of club captain Richard Naylor
A group of volunteers has been researching families who lived in old millworkers’ houses at Bradford Industrial Museum, as part of a refurbishment of the properties. The Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums – which celebrates its 50th anniversary
Businesspeople are calling for a major project to renew gas mains in Skipton to be delayed until next year because the work will clash with the Flock to Skipton promotion. Northern Gas Networks wants to replace about 1.4km of metal gas mains with plastic
More people are needed to breathe new life into a campaigning village association. At its peak Heaton Township Association had 400 members – now it has about 60. Despite its dwindling numbers the 36-year-old association has a string of successes to its
The University of Bradford is offering students more places next term. Teenagers who miss out on their desired grades on Thursday will be able to apply for 255 extra places at Bradford through the Clearing system. The Government has funded a total of
Jamie Langley column: Tonight’s game is as tough as they come but it’s the kind of game all players should look forward to. It’s for these matches that you play the game for and I always love facing St Helens because the two teams have got plenty of
