Undercliffe official Sarah Bennison is ready to create history. The 22-year-old will become the first female to referee a men’s full international fixture in rugby league on Saturday. Bennison jets out to Lillestrom tomorrow after being
Three of tomorrow's four semi finalists at Ilkley’s JM Glendinning Group International Tournament are British, including holder Josh Goodall and 2010 runner-up David Rice. And they could be on for a repeat final on Saturday as both are in opposite halves
Just over half a season on from nearly going out of the JCT600 Bradford Cricket League, Great Horton are on the road to recovery. Now in the upper reaches of the Second Division, it’s been a rapid turnaround for one of the founder members of
Thackley’s status as would-be Aire-Wharfe League champions faces its toughest test on Saturday in a match that could play a major part in deciding where the title ends up. Having been knocked off top spot in Division One for the first time this season
Eccleshill United are hoping for a healthy crowd when they return to action on Saturday. The Baris Northern Counties East League Division One side welcome Premier counterparts Scarborough Athletic in their first friendly. Eagles football chairman
Reigning Northern Alliance Under 19’s champions Brighouse Town are holding trials for potential players for the coming season in the hope of keeping their production line operating. The youth team’s manager, current Town and former Liversedge player
Peter Jackson is looking forward to going over old ground when Bradford City kick off their pre-season campaign at Silsden. The Bantams head for the Asda Foundation Stadium next Wednesday for the opening friendly of their build-up to the League
St George’s have broken their seasonal duck in the pre-season Newlands Invitation Trophy. They hadn’t won their first match in the Village Cup for seven seasons until they saw off Smiling Mule 5-2 in Group A. A cracker from Sean Jack gave George’s a
Yorkshire fended off competition from a Division One rival to secure the services of Jacques Rudolph on an overseas deal for the last six LV= County Championship matches of the season. The 30-year-old returns to Headingley in time for the Roses
Thornton will travel to Warley in their semi-final of the Towergate Halifax League’s Crossley Shield on Sunday, July 17. The other last-four tie is Sowerby Bridge v Sowerby St Peter’s.
Aire-Wharfe Cricket League secretary Dave Alred has warned that “drastic measures will have to be taken” if more people do not volunteer as umpires. The three-division league has 36 teams which put out a first and a second XI, and two umpires are required
A local cricket club is appealing for help to banish memories of the previous 12 months as it seeks donations for improved facilities and a new junior team. Westwood Park Cricket Club are currently mid-table in Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League
Vicar Lane and a section of Leeds Road in Bradford city centre was closed off for nearly three hours today as police investigated reports of a suspicious package in the area. Police were called to Vicar Lane at 12.15pm but found nothing of interest after
Buttershaw St Paul’s went to the top of the Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League First Division table after a 646-run bonanza at St Paul’s Road saw them emerge victorious by 30 runs. Batting first, Buttershaw posted a daunting total of 338-9 in their
Three Bradford Thunderbirds stars played their part in England women’s Test series win against France. Rachel Twibill, Kirsty Moroney and Danielle Bose all featured in Wednesday’s 56-6 win in Avignon. Amanda Donaldson, sister of Bulls back-rower James
Latest news from the local angling scene. WASHBURN VALLEY The heaviest fish caught during the week was a 5lb 7oz blue trout using orange blob. Fewston & Swinsty: Fish are rising early morning and taking buzzers and nymphs, dropping into deeper water
Otley have been as good as their word.Director of rugby Gary Walker said recently that players would be joining the club once pre-season training started, and eight have done so in the nine days since that happened. The eight who will try to help Otley
Colin Stephens is looking forward to his new coaching role at Bradford & Bingley. The 41-year-old former Welsh international fly half is earmarked to oversee the second team at Wagon Lane. “It makes sense for me to do that as I can report back to Martin
Hawksworth member Ben Mountain (pictured) will make his debut for Bradford against Teesside on Sunday at Cleveland. The youngster is one of three changes to the team that drew with Sheffield. Patrick Young and Nigel Colbeck also come in, with Dave
Bingley Harriers thought they had won their latest Northern Track and Field League Division Two match at Witton Park, Blackburn. The final scores indicated that Bolton had been defeated by three points. However, it was then discovered that they had
Youngsters have been enjoying outdoor fun in a new sensory garden. The garden has been developed at Westfield Nursery, Idle, with capital funding from Bradford Early Years. “It helps the children learn about plants and creatures, and playing outside
Having lost in last year’s final, Wilsden went one better by winning this season’s Upper Airedale Junior Cricket Association’s John Hindle Cup for under-13s. They dismissed Ingrow for 91 at Cullingworth and passed the target for the loss of five wickets
The full line-up of entertainment hitting the streets of Bradford city centre this summer has been revealed. It includes nearly two dozen acts from a harpist to rap workshops as well as flamenco and ukulele players. They will play on Saturdays
A Bradford criminal gambled away more than £680,000 at a Bradford casino, a confiscation hearing was told. It is believed more than £1 million is being sought by prosecutors relating to the ill-gotten gains of Johnny Daniels, 38, of Cutler
Pupils at a Bradford primary school presented a dossier of pleas to Bradford Council urging it to spare Murdoch and Darcy, its two working horses. The horses are stabled at Bradford Industrial Museum in Eccleshill and, while they have proven to be the
Silsden’s Claire Smith overcame her nerves to clinch the English Mid-Amateur Championship at Collingtree Park, Northamptonshire. The 24-year-old admitted she was shaking going down the 18th hole while one up against Devon’s Jessica Bradley in the final
Anyone who has a child with autism will know that parenting can be particularly demanding. As children with autism grow into adolescents and young adults, their needs change, making it difficult for parents and other carers to cope. Cygnet is a parenting
25 years ago: More than 200 disappointed holidaymakers had contacted fraud squad detectives about the collapse of two Bradford holiday firms. 50 years ago: The main grounds for objections to Keighley’s first smoke control order – relating to the Highfield
Two reports were published af-ter the 2001 rioting. Community Pride Not Prejudice – Making Diversity Work in Bradford, known as the Ouseley Report after its chairman, Sir Herman Ouseley, was commissioned by the now-defunct Bradford Vi-sion.
One of the most important things in marking the tenth anniversary of the Bradford riots was to emphasise the positive direction the city has moved in since then – not to dwell on the past. And it is clear the city is now a very different place
SIR – I would like to say a massive thank you for all those who turned up for the event in Fagley on June 22 (despite the rain.) Could I also give a massive thanks to all those who volunteered time, cooked food and sang for the event. I should also
SIR – Every week in the UK, 12 young people (aged 14-35) people die suddenly from undiagnosed heart conditions. Sadly, I have been personally touched by the tragedy of sudden cardiac death and seen the devastation brought to loved-ones when a young,
Your story on page three of Wednesday, June 29, about the flats halving in value is not a surprise in the slightest. In the post-war years the idea got around that building high-rise flats was the closest thing to paradise – until, that is, about 30
Ram-raiders used a stolen flat-bed truck to smash through a wall at a Bradford cash and carry store. The gang struck shortly before 1.30am yesterday at Booker wholesalers in Bradbeck Road, Lidget Green. A fire crew was first on the scene
SIR – I hope the electorate of Bradford East have had the opportunity to read Mr Ward’s response to my letter (T&A, July 4) in which he proves that he knows little about Bradford. Mr Ward suggests the unions closed the heavy engineering industry throughout
SIR – I am concerned that the reduction in legal aid proposed by Kenneth Clarke will affect the most vulnerable members of society, particularly those dependent on the legal aid system for family law, employment, housing, education, welfare, benefits,
25 years ago: Bradford and Ilkley College could be forced to scrap its degree courses – and lose the district £6m a year – it was claimed. 50 years ago: A night prowler was roaming Pudsey looking for “easy prey” who leave ground floor windows open at
SIR – Following the recent announcements over defence cuts, is there any truth in the rumour that HMS Victory is now the most powerful ship in the fleet? D Bartle, Brookfield Road, Shipley
SIR – With tongue in cheek, we have been thinking about the proposed Westfield development of Broadway. Which company names would be guaranteed to bring punters flocking back into the city centre again? Here is our list of 50. Perhaps others could think
Day by day, Gareth Raynor is repaying his debt. Given a chance to revive his career by the Bulls, Raynor still feels a need to justify their faith. Staring retirement square in the face as he sat in a jail cell, the veteran winger found only two clubs
Bulls legend Robbie Hunter-Paul has tipped Mick Potter to bring success back to Odsal. The Kiwi ace was a central figure during the club’s glory days, winning every major club honour during a 13-year stay. Bradford have failed to add
There was a time when miles of cloth rolled off machines in Bradford’s textile factories like tributaries to a river that never ran dry. More recently, analogue and then digital set-top boxes flew out of the Aire Valley like suitcases at Leeds-Bradford
SIR – It is the sixth form class of 1981’s 30th anniversary of leaving Beckfoot School in Bingley this year and as the new-build is near completion and the old school will soon be demolished, we have decided to have a school reunion for all the sixth
SIR – I am urging readers to pull an all-nighter with me on the British Heart Foundation’s first point-to-point night bike ride. Registration is now open for this exciting nocturnal event starting on Saturday, September 17 and finishing at dawn the following
SIR – The recent supplement you did on Bradford parks (T&A, June 15) prompted me to comment on what a lot of people think about our local park. I have been using our park for more than 50 years, and my wife and myself take our two dogs in daily – and
SIR – The Commission for Equality and Human Rights seems to do a good job, but is obviously overlooking the serious and increasing discrimination being practised against England’s people, especially the young, by Scotland and Wales. Now, on top of free
SIR – Your report on the future of the two Bradford work horses describes them as both Shires and Clydesdales which are two entirely different breeds. The Shire is tall and proud and comes from a long line which was originally the English Great Horse
SIR – It appears that this Government has decided that the ordinary citizen can no longer show their respects for the fallen members of the military. War fatalities are to be sneaked out of the back gate at RAF Brize Norton. They are then to be sent
SIR – In the continuing adverse criticism of Philip Davies, another politically-correct reader rounded on a supporter of the MP for referring to disability as a handicap and a leader for the disabled lumped them all together, ignoring the many and varied
A headteacher has hailed the beginning of a new era after her school became the first new-style academy in the district. And Gillian James says Ilkley Grammar School (IGS) funds have been boosted by £450,000 as a result of the switch to academy status
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Shahid Mehmood, 40, of Highfield Road, Keighley; driving with insufficient tread on a tyre, £195 fine, £100 costs, licence en-dorsed. Mir Abbas Sayed, 23, of Warley Drive, Bradford Moor; failure
A Silsden community group has bought two benches as a thank you to the sports club that provides its venue. Silsden and Community Over 55s Club meets at the Silsden Sports Club premises on Keighley Road. The club was set up five years ago by Philip
A community has been praised for the way it “rolled up its sleeves” to become a tourism hotspot a decade after the foot and mouth crisis. But Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the chairman of the West Yorkshire Rural Forum, admitted there is still plenty
A dog-friendly guide book to walking across the Yorkshire Dales goes on sale today. And author Rob Godfrey, says he believes his book will take the frustration out of walking with man’s best friend with a collection of 20 routes to take around some of
The family and friends of a woman battling leukaemia have started a fundraising drive for a charity which supports the hospital ward where she spent four-and-a-half months battling the disease. Mother-of-two Josie Buckley, 48, of Wibsey, was diagnosed
West Yorkshire fire chiefs are backing a Government Bill which would require landlords to install smoke alarms in rented property. A report, due to be discussed by the fire authority’s finance and resources committee tomorrow, has revealed 48 of the
Gareth Gates is opening a performing arts school in Bradford, to “give something back” to the city where he started his singing career. The pop star, who shot to fame on Pop Idol in 2002 and is now a musical theatre leading man, is starting the Gates
A children’s centre has been officially opened just months after parents feared it was facing the axe. In February, anxious parents started a petition to safeguard the future of the Little Lane Children’s Centre in Ilkley, after funding concerns for
More than 130,000 visitors are expected to flock to this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, which organisers anticipate will be a record breaker. Entry figures for the three-day event next week in Harrogate have hit an all-time high – with a total of 12,713
Developers will have the chance to buy a major Bradford residential development site when it comes up for auction later this month. The site on East Parade, within the Little Germany conservation area, extends to 0.25 acres and has planning consent for
Budding young rock stars are being offered the chance to take their first steps into the music business at a summer school in Bradford next month. Rock School 2011 is a series of sessions run by professional musicians at recording studios in Dudley Hill
A Cleckheaton insolvency practice has celebrated its third birthday after growing into a major success by saving businesses and hundreds of jobs. Clough Corporate Solutions LLP, part of chartered accountancy firm Clough & Company, offers corporate and
Police were today stepping up their hunt for an on-the-run pensioner after he was found guilty of raping a student in Bradford 25 years ago. Dost Mohammed, now 72, fled to Pakistan after the rape in April 1986, but was arrested in Bradford
Peter Jackson insists City’s lowly league status will not put him off chasing decent names despite another transfer knock-back. Midfielder Tommy Miller is the latest target to turn down the Bantams. He joins a list of near-misses which include
An expanding Bradford business which claims compensation for customers who were mis-sold personal insurance is set to swell its workforce to more than 200 staff. Redress Claims, which employed just 15 staff when it moved to Bradford, has begun a drive
Mick Potter has urged his side to come out swinging at Castleford on Sunday. The Bulls boss expects nothing less than a full-blooded display from the players and has warned he will not tolerate complacency. Castleford head into the clash on the back
