Heath L'Estrange will sit out the rest of the season after rupturing knee ligaments. Scans earlier confirmed the news after L'Estrange had gone off injured during Sunday's draw with St Helens. The Aussie hooker will undergo knee reconstruction
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Captain Andrew Gale has bemoaned the lack of six- hitters within his Yorkshire squad, believing that his troops will have to think outside the box if they are to win this summer’s FriendsLife t20 title. The White Rose county, who sit joint fourth in
The Aqua Clinic 27 Otley Road, Shipley, Bradford, BD17 7DH Telephone: 07885 472013 Baby and pre-school aquatics classes. Email: infantaquatics@live.co.uk
KEELHAM FARM SHOP Selling tasty, high quality fresh food at affordable prices for 3 generations Brighouse & Deholme Road, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3SS. Telephone: 01274 833472 Web Address: www.keelhamfarmshop.co.uk Offer:
Lockit - Replacement Snap Safe Lock Service Call Nick on 07413 527169 All keys can be cut upon receipt of a registration card. Working in conjunction with NEILS KEY CUTTING of Shipley. Neils is a Garrison Registered key cutters
A.C. Jones Discount Tools and a wide range of Door Furniture 83 Whetley Lane, Bradford, BD8 9DZ. Telephone: 01274 544984 Web Address: www.acjonesdiscounttools.co.uk Offer: 10% OFF ALL DOOR FURNITURE Britains Best Tool
The Co-Operative Motor Group 111/113 Thornton Road, Bradford BD1 2EP Telephone: 01274 891753 Driving down the cost of motoring. ALL MAKES FIXED PRICE SERVICING Half price MOT Test for co-operative members Service and MOT test
Wharfedale’s Rob Baldwin, who left his stag party to go on the England Counties trip to Spain, captained the tourists as they completed their tour by defeating the national side 55-6 in Valladolid. Baldwin, who is to be married on July 9, scored one
Bingley Harriers struggled for numbers in the first National Young Athletes' League Division One match of the season at Bolton and came third out of three. With relegation looming, Bingley won the second match at Cudworth, giving their points total a
The Hawks paid the penalty for bowling 20 wides - hosts Otley bowled none - as they lost their Yorkshire Cancer Research charity match by two wickets in the final over. In front of a considerable crowd, the Hawks made a decent 160-9, Josh Nelson hitting
The Keinhorst brothers from Otley have all been named in a 28-man train-on squad for Germany’s European Shield rugby league clashes against Norway and Malta later this year. Kristian and Nick Keinhorst are with Leeds Akkies, Jimmy is with Leeds Met
After producing by some margin his finest performance of the year to date to take a well-deserved podium finish at Oulton Park, Cullingworth's Jack Hawksworth has warned his Formula Renault UK rivals that he is now ‘back on it’ and more fired up than
A youngster from Bradford will be diving in overseas waters later this month after being selected for the British team at the 2011 European Junior Diving Championships in Belgrade. Sam Thornton produced some excellent performances to become Elite Juniors
Paul Machell claimed 7-39 as Yeadon defeated JCT600 Bradford League second-team leaders Farsley by 176 runs to move within a point of them at the top of the DIVISION ONE table. Thanks to Machell, Farsley were bowled out for just 89 in reply
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Two young Bradford Fencing Club members started their competitive careers in the Yorkshire Youth League Under-12 Boys' Foil in Sheffield. Finley Wilson and Solomon Wilkinson enjoyed their first chance to use electric scoring apparatus.
Undercliffe Celtic Junior Football Club are aiming to continue their swift progression. Already running five teams, they will add under-12 and under-13 sides next season in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe Junior League. Also in the pipeline
A Bradford junior rowing crew enjoyed success on a wet and windy weekend at Durham Regatta. The coxless quad team of Louise Bromley, Kirsty Brown, Cerys Jones and Nicola Oldroyd won the WJ18 event. After a matched start, they pulled away from their
Defensive powerhouse Guy Branston has joined City today on a two-year deal. The well-travelled centre half left Torquay at the end of last season after defeat in the play-off final against Stevenage. City will be the 17th club of an eventful career for
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Visitors to the Red House Museum, Gomersal, took old pairs of jeans along on Saturday. A crafts sessions was hosted by retired teacher and vintage jewellery maker Roberta Balmforth, of Mirfield, who showed participants how to breathe new life into unwanted
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Silsden: installation of an on-farm wind turbine which will be used on the farm and dairy unit, Woofa Bank Farm, Cringles Lane. Steeton with Eastburn: construction of conservatory
Oakwell lifted the top prize as Premier Division champions at the Spen Valley League presentation night, hosted by Batley WMC. AWARDS – Premier Division: winners, Oakwell; runners-up, TVR Utd. Division One: winners, West Bradford Spartans; runners-up
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Mohammed Adil Chaudhry, aged 24, of Clayton Road, Lidget Green; driving without insurance, £525 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed; driving without a licence, driving without MOT, failure to
Bradford Park Avenue have reluctantly increased their season-ticket prices for next season. After a price freeze last season, the club have announced a small rise this time around following the VAT increase to 20 per cent in January.
Thomas Tantrum – Mad By Moonlight (Stranger Records) *** This is the second offering from Southampton-based Thomas Tantrum. The first met with critical acclaim from all and sundry and it will be interesting to see if they get the same response
True Grit (Cert 15, 105 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment) Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper **** This is a bloody tale of retribution layered with black humour. It’s clear from his first appearance
Kings Of Eternity, by Eric Brown, Solaris Books, £7.99 Haworth-born Eric Brown was recently given the somewhat dubious honour of being the most under-discussed author working in the science fiction field today. Brown may not be a household
Readers of Remember When? may well be missing their Doctor Who on Saturday nights now it has finished for its mid-season break. Indeed, many of our regular readers might remember when Doctor Who first graced our screens way back in 1963, with William
Performers and technicians from Bradford’s Actors Community Theatre (ACT) will be treading the boards with the Royal Shakespeare Company this month. Audrey Cauldron, Douglas Rooks, Cat Moss, Samuel Collier and Ken Taylor will take part in a series of
Campaigners trying to save the last elderly care ward at Wharfedale Hospital have started a petition condemning the decision to close it. Bosses at Leeds University Teaching Hospital Trust say Ward One at the Otley hospital will shut at the end of
Rehearsals will be underway this summer for Buttershaw St Paul’s Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s production of Oliver! – and Fagin needs a gang to complete the cast. The show will run at St George’s Hall, Bradford, from January 24 to 28 next
If mods, rockers, Lambrettas, Quant, and the Beatles evoke fond memories, then Haworth is the place you should be next weekend. The village will come alive with the sound of scooters, motorbikes, minis and other vehicles cruising in for the weekend’s
Herbs create the tastes of summer – basil torn over juicy, mouth-watering tomatoes, dill added to simple fish dishes, chicken stuffed with thyme, coriander added to zingy salsas, mint and parsley chopped up in salad dishes. So many herbs and so little
It had been a few years since we’d experienced the pleasure of Ponderosa. The lakeside restaurant was under development and the Bonanza playbarn was a petting area with rabbits and guinea pigs the last time we visited, so our return trip was well overdue
Horror, science fiction and fantasy fans from across the UK flocked to Bradford for the tenth Fantastic Films Weekend. Organisers said the festival at the National Media Museum has been the most successful in its ten-year history. The annual event attracts
An inner-city children’s centre has outstanding features for the ways it works with a Bradford community, a new report says. Communityworks Sure Start Children’s Centre, in Undercliffe Lane, has been praised by inspectors at education watchdog
Movie-mad Julie Trigg needs Telegraph & Argus readers’ help to get her ‘drive-in’ cinema on the road in the district. The 42-year-old, from Idle, who set up her own drive-in movie business after being made redundant last year, already has open-air film
Next month, actors and writers are due to congregate in Haworth to promote the autumn premiere of Blake Morrison’s new play about the Bronte sisters. Juliet Barker, biographer of the extraordinary Bronte family, will be there, along with actors from
We don’t go a bundle on Father’s Day, but the odd gift has occasionally been presented to my husband. The only one – among the novelty socks, jokey boxer shorts and bizarre bottle openers – to have survived the test of time is a mug bearing the words
Leanne and Andrew Hardaker longed for a child of their own. Both had children from previous relationships. Sadly, Leanne’s 11-month-old daughter, Chloe, died from the rare muscle-wasting disease spinal muscular atrophy. Failure to conceive naturally
It might be nearly a year away, but Crazy Horses won’t be able to stop hardcore fans getting hold of tickets for the Osmonds in Bradford. They bring their Up Close And Personal show – billed as their “final UK tour” – to St George’s Hall for one night
A traffic-free travel link connecting Bradford with Kirklees has been extended to take in some of the hidden treasures of the district’s green spaces. The Spen Valley Greenway is part of Route 66 of the National Cycle Network and an extension
SIR – Do you agree that with nothing of real financial importance to invest in for guaranteed income, except investment in finance, then as it is incumbent on the rich in our present Government to find somewhere for the rich to invest, reform is their
SIR – My experience is one not yet mentioned in the saga of the NHS. I have a condition that needs regular visits to outpatients, and on one occasion, I attended in good time for my 1pm slot. After an exceptionally long wait, I had about three minutes
SIR – Your readers may be aware that Thursday is International Day of the African Child. It’s an opportunity to remember those who, through nothing more than misfortune, find themselves born into grinding poverty on the world’s poorest continent.
SIR – I am not surprised Bradford Council has underspent by £16m. You only have to walk around to see that! I dare say parking fines may have upped this figure? There is rubbish everywhere and dog mess on most pathways in certain areas. Litter bins
SIR – Agree with both Alan Chapman’s letter (T&A, May 26) and most recently Gorden Steff’s letter (Membership Mistake, T&A, June 4). He states he mistakenly was an active member of the Liberal Democrats untill he saw the light and resigned a few years
SIR – I’m 18 years old, a former sixth-former, and I think it is a great idea that David Cameron is bringing army conscription back. There should be a special barrack built in the Bradford area where male and female school-leavers, 16-plus should go
25 years ago: Crumbling schools in Bradford were to close in September if the Council did not get an extra £17 million for repairs. 50 years ago: Bradford Chamber of Trade reaffirmed its opposition to any move to abolish the evening closing hours for
SIR – The usually-reliable Emma Clayton has fallen for the professional campaigners’ message when writing about the numbers of children “living below the poverty line”. Real child poverty happens in most of Africa, vast swathes of Asia, much of South
SIR – How my sagging spirits were raised after reading the letters page (T&A, May 27). I must thank two ladies for uplifting my mood on that day. Firstly, Mrs Baxter of Baildon, who on replying to a letter from David Rhodes went about her reply with
SIR – We all knew Paul Potts, who blew audiences away with his rendition of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, would win Britain’s Got Talent in 2007, and I felt certain Scot singer Jai McDowall would win this year’s contest. And he did. But what pleased me most
SIR – The recent price rises announced by major energy suppliers are once again a major cause for concern. Coupled with an increase in food prices, these mounting pressures are going to have an enormous impact, especially for the poorest among us. As
SIR – The Council are closing down several mobile libraries around the district, but as a book lover, I think these should be saved. Children who do not live near a library need to be able to experience different types of books from those that they read
Trading standards chiefs have warned people to give nothing away – including signatures – if they are tempted to reply to ‘too good to be true’ offers. Scam mailers have been blitzing parts of the Bradford district, in some cases telling householders
Firearms operations by West Yorkshire Police are increasing each year, with armed officers now deployed every day, it has been revealed. Home Office figures, released by Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert, show that more than
At Horsfall Playing Fields, the home of Bradford Park Avenue, a team of television soap stars took on a line-up of Leeds-based DJs and music producers in a one-off celebrity football match to raise funds for the British Red Cross and Shannon Bradshaw
The customer-owned Co-operative retail group has mirrored Bradford-based Morrisons by setting up an apprenticeship academy. The diverse group has pledged to create 2,000 jobs over the next three years. The Co-operative Group, headed
There is a delicate balance between protecting the public and maintaining as low key a presence for armed police officers on our streets as possible. Britain has always prided itself on its police generally walking our streets without having
Riddlesden Gala on Saturday was hailed as a huge success. Chairman Geoffrey Baldwin said it was among the best supported in years. “It was a fantastic day,” he said. “The weather was good and the turnout at the field was excellent.”
Bradford Council is being urged to stop using taxpayers’ cash to pay union officials’ wages and office costs amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. The demand has come from Conservative group leader Councillor Glen Miller, who spoke out
A physiotherapist plans to row a million metres in 60 days to raise money for the care of a paralysed schoolgirl. Mark Wilkinson, of Skipton, aims to complete 50 half-marathons on a rowing machine to raise money for The Being Bel Trust – set up to help
Bulls boss Mick Potter was left raging at the inconsistency of referee James Child after his side were denied victory in dramatic fashion. St Helens snatched a 14-14 draw after Child awarded them a penalty just before the final hooter and Jamie Foster
Primary school pupils are sending out the message that drug dealers are not wanted in their Bradford neighbourhood. They are taking part in the BD5 Project which has resulted in a 30 per cent rise in anonymous tip-offs on drug dealing in the West Bowling
City are hoping to revel in their new role as underdogs. Usually ranked among the promotion favourites, Peter Jackson’s team instead look set to start next season as League Two title outsiders. The competition’s official bookmakers Coral have rated
Bradford Bulls 14 St Helens 14 Cruel isn’t the word. After 80 minutes of incredible effort, the Bulls were denied victory in the worst possible way. Having successfully defended a 14-12 lead for 20 minutes, they looked to be home and hosed when Brett
One in three people with diabetes in the Yorkshire region could be risking their health and experiencing emotional distress by keeping their condition a secret, according to a survey by health charity Diabetes UK. The survey, conducted for
