Eccleshill United 1, Louth Town 1 Eccleshill United climbed to sixth in the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Division One table with a valuable point from a 1-1 home draw against third-placed Louth Town. The Eagles now trail their promotion-chasing
Sheffield United reserves 4, City reserves 0 City’s reserves sank to a hefty defeat against a spritely Sheffield United side in tonight’s totesport.com League Division One Central fixture. A double from Danny Philliskirk, plus further strikes
Singers at St John’s CE Primary School, Bierley, Bradford, have triumphed in the Bradford and District Schools Choir Competition. The group of 48 boys and girls defeated 16 other schools across three heats in Bradford Theatres’ BD1 Live Goes Choral at
Junior Witter has ridden more punches outside the ring than in it. The latest blow saw a potential money-spinning showdown with Amir Khan snatched away within days of the offer being made. Now you see it, now you don’t. Khan, having sounded out Witter
Pudsey Congs (JCT600 Bradford League) and Burley (Aire-Wharfe League) will be in the draw for the first round of the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions’ Trophy at Hanging Heaton Cricket Club on Sunday, February 27 (1pm). Other competing clubs include holders
Right On Cue Kevin Firth enjoyed a productive weekend at the St Michael’s Snooker Centre in Wakefield as he competed in the third event of the ENGLISH SENIORS SNOOKER TOUR. Having missed the previous two events, the Bradford potter made up for lost
A man in his 50s was taken to hospital following an accident with a bus as he crossed Westgate, Bradford, today. An ambulance was sent to the scene of the crash, which occurred at 1.20am, and police cordoned off the area outside the Pack Horse pub.
Kate Nixon, of Ilkley Grammar School, won the Yorkshire qualifiers at Halifax last Sunday and will be heading for the national finals at the end of April. Kate won all her matches in the under-12 category, including a very close encounter
Wendy and Patrick O’Connor used to live higher up the road and would admire this three-storey Victorian home with its little peaked attic window whenever they drove by. “When it came up for sale, we snapped it up as we had just sold our house,” says
Bingley Bees Ladies had a top-of-the-table Yorkshire Division One clash at home to Halifax, who had replaced them at the summit the previous weekend. The Bees were determined to retain the kudos of being the only undefeated team in the league and reclaim
John Parker writes: I am researching the life of Ethel Maude Parker, my aunt who lived in Bradford, born in 1890 into a house on Manville Terrace, and died in 1978. She was always known as Maude, and in the 1940s and 1950s she lived with her
Two young divers from Bradford are celebrating their success in a national competition. Michael Jones and Sam Thornton joined a selection of the United Kingdom's finest elite level senior divers at the British Gas National Cup 2011 in Southend-on-Sea
Bradford’s junior national champion Harry Mattick, who competes in the men’s event, is among a party of six Great Britain skaters who have been chosen for a prestigious event in South Korea. They will be competing in the week-long International Skating
Former Bradford Boys' player John Clark is helping to revive memories of past glories by reuniting his youth football team later this month. Almost exactly 50 years to the day of their English Schools' FA Trophy quarter-final match against Barnsley Boys
25 years ago: The door close on production at Salts Mill, Saltaire, ending a 133-year tradition. 50 years ago: Rent increases for the tenants of Bradford’s 24,700 council houses were likely to be proposed within the year, it was reported.
The news that there are potentially scores of unknown derelict and disused brownfield sites in and around Bradford at a time when pressure is increasing for greenfield sites to be developed has served as a spur to galvanise the community into action
Bradford’s rich architectural heritage is defined by its historic buildings. From the neo-Gothic grandeur of City Hall, to the Italian Renaissance style of Salts Mill and Manningham Mills, to the imposing 19th century warehouses of Little Germany.
Ilkley is helping to get a new world record sewn up as the town flies the flag for Fairtrade Fortnight. People are being invited to decorate their own piece of bunting in a bid to bring some colour to prominent landmarks. The bunting will be sent to
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Yorkshire Poultry Products Limited, of Hammerton Street, Eastbrook; six counts of failure to comply with notice which required you to ensure that the vents, cloacae and colon were removed form
Protected stocks of native white-clawed crayfish are being threatened by dogs swimming in a lake at a Bingley beauty spot. Custodians of the St Ives Estate are warning pet-owners not to let their dogs jump into the Coppice Pond. They
Two budding mathematicians from an Ilkley school have won through to the final of a national competition. John Burn and William Robson, both ten, have reached the final of the National Maths Challenge. The Year Six pupils had to score almost full marks
Former Emmerdale actress Verity Rushworth is to star alongside Jason Donovan in The Sound of Music. Verity, who is from Rawdon and went to St Mary’s School in Menston, will play Maria opposite the former Neighbours star as Captain Von Trapp
A pioneering community testing programme could save the lives of hundreds of Bradfordians who do not know they are living with hepatitis, health experts believe. Liver specialists from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have joined forces
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Allerton: construction of one single-storey retail unit, land adjacent to 457 Allerton Road. Allerton: extension to front side and rear, 102 Dale Croft Rise. Bolton: demolition
Bradford-based Seabrook Crisps has seen the amount of bags it sells boom as people turn to the snack for comfort during times of economic hardship. Sales director Nick Ripley said the volume of crisps sold had risen by 46 per cent in the year
A project designed to tackle sexual health problems is aiming to get to the heart of the matter in Bradford in time for Valentine’s day. Workers from the Shipley-based Health Action Local Engagement scheme will be hosting a Love Life Heart
A 26-year-old Keighley man is the male face of a high street fashion show. Michael Etherington was at the Next store at Forster Square Retail Park, Bradford, yesterday to catch the first glimpse of himself in the windows. Mr Etherington
A man set fire to his family home and then sent a text message to his 16-year-old daughter telling her to get the fire brigade. William Barber was later seen by firefighters standing in the back garden of his house in Langdale Court, Bingley
Councillors will learn about the enormous scale of changes needed to transform the district’s health system at a meeting tomorrow. Bradford faces a “real challenge” of leaving behind the Primary Care Trust-led model in favour of a structure
They say you are never more than ten feet from a rat – and in Vicki Sherburn’s home its a good deal closer. Because the veterinary nurse, who lives in Sutton-in-Craven, owns 16 of the long-tailed rodents. “They make great pets,” she
Up to £3,500 will be spent on a community celebration in Ilkley to mark the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. A band will perform and afternoon tea and cake will be served from a marquee at the town’s bandstand on The Grove from 2.30pm
SIR – It was with fear and trepidation that I awaited the dreaded car insurance renewal date. I had read so many accounts in your reports and letters column that I knew a big increase was a probability. Sure enough, from £662 last year, I was asked
There are only two days to go to enter our Bradford Means Business Awards 2011 – and last-minute entries are flooding in. One of the latest is from Polar Ford, a Bradford car dealership which is entered in the Medium/Large Business of the Year category
SIR – Recently, two staff members of a hunt have become the latest convicts under the Hunting Act, following an undercover investigation by the League Against Cruel Sports operations team. With police resources stretched to the limit, not least by funding
SIR – John Hall, in his letter (T&A, January 24) again emphasises the influence a minority can have on the electorate. He, while rightly blaming Labour for the mess we are in, seems to suggest he would have preferred his party to have formed a coalition
SIR – David Cameron (pictured) doesn’t practise what he preaches. If he believes in integration, why is he encouraging religious groups to set up ‘free’ schools in the Academy programme? The experience of Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern
SIR – Bob Watson of Baildon is right to be concerned that Bradford Council gets best value from his council tax (Letters, January 31), but there has to be a balance struck between the cheapest option and supporting jobs for our own people. If it’s only
SIR – Helen Mead may have inadvertently come up with a solution to put Britain’s disastrous economic deficit back on track. I refer to the report on cage fighting (T&A, February 1). A couple of thousand years ago, the greatest empire the world has ever
SIR – Like many others, I am sick of our city being a laughing stock in other parts of the country. For the first time, we have a proposal in the cross rail route that provides some thinking that is out of the box, and would be the one thing to regain
Bradford has been held up as an example in the House of Commons of cross- party opposition to imposing a mayor on the city. Comments made by Labour Council leader Ian Greenwood and by Conservative leader Anne Hawkesworth to the Telegraph &
Two brothers who face strong opposition to their plans for a new banqueting suite have pledged to run the premises “the right way”. Their application for an entertainments licence and late-night licence for the Ronak Banqueting and Buffet in
Campaigners battling to prevent greenfield land being swallowed up by developers today urged the public to help them compile the biggest survey ever held of derelict sites in the Bradford district. Heaton Township Association, backed by other protest
Peter Taylor is pleading for calm heads as fans grow agitated with City’s current plight. Taylor faces his old club Wycombe at Valley Parade on Saturday with the pressure continuing to build at the bottom end of League Two. Hereford
The Alhambra pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, accumulated box office receipts of more than £1 million - despite drawing in 5,200 fewer people than last year’s panto. The curtain has just fallen on the 2010/2011 panto, which finished
Just four days before the Bulls’ big kick-off and Mick Potter admits his side are not yet the finished article. A completely overhauled side will line up against arch-rivals Leeds Rhinos in Sunday’s Millennium Stadium opener following a winter
A three-year project which has seen more than 40,000 trees planted across the Aire Valley is coming to an end. The Greening Airedale project, part of the Green Infrastructure Programme, has seen regional development agency Yorkshire Forward
The killer of a young mother, whose death was linked to the Yorkshire Ripper, has been revealed more than 35 years later. Fresh DNA evidence from the crime scene has led detectives to firmly believe that Christopher Smith bludgeoned to death 26-year-old
Guiseley 2, Eastbourne Borough 1 Guiseley reached the last eight of the FA Trophy and booked themselves a home quarter-final against Luton Town with a determined display in last night’s third-round replay. Having put out holders Barrow
There is action in Division One of the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League tomorrow night when Eccleshill United host Louth Town, with both clubs looking to boost their promotion chances. Eagles’ boss Ian Banks said: “We lost left back Sam Riley
Bradford Park Avenue progressed to the quarter-finals of the Evo-Stik League Challenge Cup and Farsley AFC reclaimed the leadership of the Kool Sport Northern Counties East League Premier Division with away victories tonight. Avenue travelled to Durham
