Archive

  • Angling Lines

    The latest news from the local angling scene. Washburn Valley Catch details for week ending May 22 – Day ticket: Fewston 23, Swinsty 8, Thruscross (catch & return) 0. Total fish caught: Fewston 75, Swinsty 29, Thruscross 0. Average per

  • Wilkinson boost for former Wharfedale player

    Former Wharfedale centre James Tincknell has revealed England star Jonny Wilkinson was among his many well-wishers during a continuing recovery from a life-threatening car crash. Tincknell, 22, was honoured by the Rugby Players’ Association when he received

  • Bradford caddy steps ups after Monty sacked

    Baildon bagman Dominic Bott stepped in to help Colin Montgomerie in the PGA Championship at Wentworth yesterday after the Scot revealed he had been sacked by his caddy at the start of this week. Bott, whose regular employer Thomas Bjorn had withdrawn

  • Jeremiah on the ball with Becker

    Bradford’s Jeremiah Bav-ington was given a tennis masterclass from three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker as his bid to become a Barclays Ball Kid entered its final stage. The 13-year-old Dixons City Academy pupil was one of 130 youngsters to be

  • Indian star can't halt Birstall slide

    The return of Indian A batsman Connor Williams, after a lengthy visa delay, is a timely boost for Birstall but even a top-scoring 30 was not enough to help his side at Wrenthorpe where they suffered a fourth Central Yorkshire League defeat defeat of

  • Brindle in England squad

    Former Craven League player Arran Brindle has been named in the England squad for the 2011 NatWest Women’s Quadrangular Series, which also includes Yorkshire’s Katherine Brunt and Danielle Hazell. And secondly Brindle, recalled to the international stage

  • Harden seek cutting edge with ball

    With Thackley and Steeton striding away at the top of Divisions One and Two, the closely-bunched chasing packs need to stamp their authority on the rest if they are to mount a title challenge. As the season reaches the one-third mark, second-placed

  • Bradford League have never had it so good - Hitchenor

    People in West Yorkshire say that the JCT600 Bradford League is the best in the country and you won’t find Baildon skipper Craig Hitchenor disagreeing. “I have been playing in the league for 14 years and I have never known it as competitive

  • Sugden revved up for Le Mans

    Tim Sugden will again be driving a Ferrari in the Le Mans 24-hour race on June 11 and 12. The Bradford driver is only racing in selected events this year as he concentrates on his motor sport management business but he finished second in

  • Top-flight duo want Leeds United midfielder Johnson

    Leeds United have accepted defeat in their attempts to keep Bradley Johnson but are still waiting to hear if Neil Kilkenny intends signing a new contract this summer or is moving on. Both men’s contracts run out at the end of June and the

  • Rashid stars as Yorkshire build lead

    Yorkshire are in the process of building a second-innings advantage on day three of their LV=County Championship clash with Somerset. By tea they had reached 108-2 to lead by 14 runs. It was a good session all-round for the Tykes, who began by bowling

  • Wall's Lions pride

    Bradford Dudley Hill’s Neil Wall has been named in the Great Britain Community Lions squad to face the Commonwealth Ex Pats in a curtain-raiser before the England v Exiles international at Headingley Carnegie on Friday, June 10.

  • White-hot Josh leaves his rivals trailing

    Ilkley’s Josh White annihilated the opposition in rounds three and four of the British Formula Kart Stars (FKS) series at Three Sisters in Wigan. He took maximum points to move into the lead in the battle to become the 2011 MiniMax FKS champion. Josh

  • Thackley champion awards do

    Thackley will be holding their presentation night at the clubhouse at Dennyfield on Saturday. Dennyboys secretary Mick Lodge said: “We decided to hold the awards evening on the 28th because it fitted in with everything else going on around

  • Yorkshire struggle to remove Somerset tail-enders

    Somerset look on course for a healthy first-innings lead against Yorkshire in the LV=County Championship. This is after the Tykes only managed to take two wickets during a rain-affected morning session on day three at Taunton. By lunch, Somerset had

  • International selection for local orienteers

    Hector Haines, of Ilkley, has been selected for the Great Britain team to compete in the World Orienteering Championships in France in August. An outstanding junior career with Airienteers has been followed by study at Edinburgh University

  • Thursday, May 26, 2011

    The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Allerton: demolition of all existing buildings (Dixons Allerton Academy site and former Chapel Grange School site), Dixons Allerton Academy, Oaks Lane. Bowling: single-storey

  • Thursday, May 26, 2011

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Suhail Khan, aged 18, of Bradford Road, Shipley; driving without insurance, £525 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed; driving without a licence, driving without MOT, failure to produce

  • Former Emmerdale star Leah Bracknell turns to yoga

    For nearly 20 years, Leah Bracknell was known to millions of viewers as country vet Zoe Tate in Yorkshire soap Emmerdale. Now the actress is a qualified yoga teacher and is starting classes in the district for people of any age, size or ability

  • Pavilion at historic Ilkley Lido is rescued

    Rescue work costing up to £200,000 is under way to save a heritage building at the protected Ilkley Lido. Owner Bradford Council is preparing to unveil a newly-restored pavilion in the grounds of the popular outdoor pool, and is waiving fees

  • Bradford Bulls axe spurs Sibbit to raise his game

    Getting dropped was the best thing that could have happened to Ian Sibbit. It didn’t seem that way at the time – far from it – but the Bulls back-rower now admits it was a necessary evil. Sibbit paid a heavy price for a slow

  • Leeds Building Society is investing in Bradford's future

    A financial institution has emphasised its commitment to Bradford’s high street by refurbishing its city centre branch and launching an account exclusively for local savers. Leeds Building Society, which has had a branch in Bradford for more

  • Cheques are vital for business, say Acorn Stairlifts

    One of the district’s leading manufacturers is calling for a re-think on plans to abolish cheques in 2018, saying the move would be ‘challenging’ for the business. Steeton-based Acorn Stairlifts has made its objections known in evidence to MPs on the

  • Former monk to be new Buttershaw and Shelf parish priest

    A former French monk who spent 20 years observing a vow of silence will become priest-in-charge on a Bradford estate next month. The Reverend Thierry Guillemin, who was born in Lille, spent 15 years at the Grande Chartreuse Monastery near Grenoble

  • Crisis meeting in bid to save group

    Villagers are being challenged to help save a popular event which attracts thousands of people from across the country. They are being asked to rally to the rescue of Haworth Village Association, which recently organised the village’s 1940s

  • Biker 'being filmed when he crashed' inquest told

    A motorcyclist died after crashing into a parked car when he had drunk the equivalent of eight pints of lager, an inquest heard. John Newsome, 27, had been banned from driving at the time of his death for a previous drink-driving offence, the hearing

  • Thursday, May 26, 2011

    From the T&A... 25 years ago: Organisers of Bradford’s I-Rate campaign – started in opposition to the city’s 30 per cent rate increase – were to hold roadshows in outlying parts of Bradford. 50 years ago: Plans for a new school at Nab Wood

  • Give us the key to unlock city's future

    With bated breath, Bradford is awaiting a decision that could transform the city centre’s fortunes for years, if not decades, to come. If it is chosen to become the region’s first Local Enterprise Zone, more than 5,000 new jobs and £1billion in

  • Labour wasn’t working

    SIR – Some correspondents refer to the events of the Thatcher era. What preceded that era? We had a period of Labour Government that left the financial cupboard bare. The story was that the then-Chancellor, Dennis Healey, was preparing to go to a meeting

  • Clegg’s plan is flawed

    SIR – Plans for elected Lords set out by Nick Clegg using yet another form of proportional representation, the single transferable vote (STV), despite the country wholeheartedly rejecting the alternative vote system this month (T&A, May 18)! Is he mad

  • Parking problems

    SIR – When I go to Cineworld at the Leisure Exchange I get free parking. When I park in the Kirkgate Centre it’s pay on exit, so I get charged for however long I stay. It ought not to be beyond the skill of someone at the Media Museum and/or Bradford

  • 'Uninsured will have nowhere to hide'

    The cost of car insurance is escalating. For young drivers who have recently passed their test, the insurance costs are often so high that they amount to far more than the car’s worth. Insurance is an essential element of motoring, but not all drivers

  • Medals of honour

    SIR – In response to Brian Holmans’s comment re WR28 Home Guard (T&A, May 19). We wear medals in order to both remind and educate the public of the sacrifices that members of the Home Guard throughout our country during the years 1940/1944. My own

  • Charges would help with NHS funding

    SIR – That there have been almost 54,000 missed appointments at Bradford hospitals in a 12-month period beggars belief (T&A, May 21). While a small number may have a perfectly acceptable reason for missing an appointment, most people are more than capable

  • Exercise is an excuse

    SIR – There are just ten days of Andrew Lansley’s “listening exercise” left. It’s clear what will happen next. He wants to use the exercise as an excuse to say he’s listened before ploughing on with his reckless NHS changes. In some districts, doctors

  • Singing NHS’s praises

    SIR – I really don’t know why people complain about the NHS, and particularly our Bradford hospitals. I have nothing but the highest praise for all the staff. I have been treated with respect, loving care and compassion by everyone, and I have been dealt

  • Flats evacuated in blaze drama

    Eleven people were evacuated and one man taken to hospital after a blaze spread through a block of flats in Shipley earlier today. An investigation has begun into the cause of the blaze, which tore through the ground floor flat in Alma Street

  • A potted family history

    A performance incorporating storytelling, dance theatre and Afro-Brazilian percussion, set in the intimacy of a bedsit, unfolds at Bradford’s Theatre In The Mill. The production, called It’s Like He’s Knocking, by theatre company Unfinished Business

  • Wimp not a winner second time round

    DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (U, 99 mins) ** Starring Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, Peyton List, Connor Fielding, Owen Fielding, Laine MacNeil, Grayson Russell, Karan Brar. Director: David Bowers

  • Birkenshaw biker ‘being filmed when he crashed’

    A motorcyclist died after crashing into a parked car when he had drunk the equivalent of eight pints of lager, an inquest heard. John Newsome, 27, had been banned from driving at the time of his death for a previous drink-driving offence, the

  • What a stinker of a hangover

    THE HANGOVER PART II (15, 101 mins) ** Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Mason Lee, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Paul Giamatti, Jamie Chung, Sasha Barrese, Gillian Vigman. Director: Todd Phillips The hair of the dog to the highest-grossing

  • Bradford hospital 'sends letters to patients who can't see'

    A disabled support group is calling on hospital bosses in Bradford to find new ways of communicating with blind and visually-impaired people to prevent the problem of missed appointments. Members of Contact Peer Support, a support service run by and

  • Police seize 700 cannabis plants in Keighley

    More than 700 cannabis plants with a street value of nearly a quarter of a million pounds have been seized by police after raids in Keighley. The cannabis haul, made during two separate police swoops on consecutive days, was the largest in the area for

  • Travellers angry at Leeds-Bradford Airport ‘rip-off’

    Passengers have voiced their anger at new car parking arrangements at Leeds-Bradford International Airport. The airport has introduced free parking for up to an hour in two of its long stay areas but people using the pick-up and drop-off point

  • Children enjoy musical fun at Valley Parade

    More than 6,000 primary school children from across the Bradford district joined up with a professional orchestra to sing and play music at the city’s Valley Parade football stadium. The open-air Mega Music Day, organised by the Music and Arts