Bradford Park Avenue 4, Loughborough Dynamo 0 Bradford Park Avenue had to be patient to break down their lower-ranking visitors tonight but once they had they marched to victory in this Doodson Sports Cup fourth-round tie. The sponsors
Arsenal 1, Leeds United 0 Thierry Henry came off the bench to enhance his Arsenal legend as the veteran French striker fired the Gunners into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win over Leeds at the Emirates Stadium tonight. Arsenal’s record
Both Thackley and Brighouse Town have tough home games in different competitions tomorrow night. Town host Baris Northern Counties East League Premier Division title-chasers Bridlington Town, who are currently third - eight points off the summit but
A 21-year-old man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a woman from Keighley was stabbed in the back as she left a theatre in Blackpool. Adam Morgan, from the Promenade, in the seaside town, was also charged with causing
Goalkeeper Damian Clancey excelled on his debut as Whetley Lane drew 0-0 against Colne-based Commercial Old Boys in their latest FA Umbro Vets Cup group game. Both defences were outstanding, with former Watford player Paul Atkinson and Martin Johnson
There were Bradford Sunday Alliance League Premier Division fixtures played yesterday, and Bolton Woods started off the new year with a 3-1 victory over Westwood Park, with strikes from Dave Wright, Andy Howland and Gary Birchall. There
A superb opening spell helped power Bradford Dragons to an 88-51 victory at struggling Tees Valley Mohawks as they kept in touch with the EBL Division One pacesetters. The Dragons locked down their hosts to blast into a 25-6 lead by the end of the first
Two Premier Division teams from the Bradford Sunday Alliance League managed to play their West Riding County FA Sunday Cup fourth-round ties yesterday, with contrasting results. League champions and County Cup holders West Bowling visited Knaresborough
Former Woodhouse Grove pupil Anna Fitzpatrick has made a great start to 2012. The 22-year-old won the first AEGON British Tour event of the year at Billesley Tennis Centre. The women’s final only lasted two sets but was a 2hr 38min marathon as top seed
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Anthony Colin Beaumont, aged 23, of Brooklands Avenue, Thornton; theft, failure to surrender, failure to surrender to custody, jailed for 16 weeks. Patrick Joseph John Doyle, aged 26, of Brendon
Undercliffe Cricket Club have announced the dates and times for their winter nets at Carlton Bolling College. The second team, thirds and under-17s start on Wednesday, January 18 (8-9pm), while the younger age groups begin on Saturday, January 21 – the
Fairbank United recovered from a 2-0 interval deficit to beat TVR United on penalties in the Spen Valley League’s Sonder Heating Cup. TVR are second in the Premier Division and perhaps predictably took control in the first half against their fifth-placed
Family mediators in Bradford have said they are on standby to receive on unprecedented number of inquiries from couples who have decided to split after the stress of the Christmas holidays. The Bradford-based West Yorkshire Family Mediation Service said
Campion’s interest in the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup was ended for this season when they lost their fourth-round tie 3-1 at West Yorkshire League Premier Division leaders Beeston St Anthony’s. Mick Burke deservedly gave Campion the
A man is being questioned on suspicion of supplying drugs after an 18-year-old student was found dead in his halls of residence, police have said. Adam Dixon, from Shelf, a first year Leeds Metropolitan University student, was discovered at Beckett
A young university student from Shelf, near Bradford, has died from a suspected drugs overdose. The man, believed to be aged 18, was found dead at the weekend. He is thought to have been a student at Leeds Metropolitan University and
Morrisons pre-Christmas trading was below expectations, the Bradford-based supermarket group revealed today. The UK's fourth largest supermarket was the first of the superstore giants to unveil its seasonal trading performance and reported a slowdown
SIR – I am sure that there were many like me in Bradford who were concerned to read (T&A, January 3) that Bradford Council provides free staff parking and, amazingly, free shuttle buses to take staff from car parks to City Hall. And what was the response
SIR – I am amazed at the interest from all quarters (mostly complimentary) aroused by my recent denunciation in the T&A Letters page of a ‘Minister for the Elderly’. I believe a pensioner’s basic needs are for health, housing, pensions and social security
SIR – Mr Bird (Letters, January 4) really should ally his economic knowledge to a more soft-eyed political appraisal. While it is certainly true that the ‘ratings agencies’ have downgraded the US and not the UK, even a cursory examination of the two
SIR – The Salvation Army building in Leeds Road, a Bradford landmark, a refuge for folk in difficult times, a lifesaver for many. Now good people are losing their jobs. Sadly, another worthwhile and essential Bradford service bites the dust. Ah well,
SIR – Having lived near to the Greengates crossroads of the A658 and the A657 for many years, I am only too aware of how busy and congested this junction can be. There is no doubt that traffic improvements are needed and are long overdue here. With this
SIR – If you want to commit suicide, go ahead and do it. It’s a free country. If you want me to help you, I see no objection in principle. But in practice I might be concerned that after you are gone I am the only witness. That concern might be heightened
SIR – Writing on behalf of the growing number of unpaid carers across Bradford and Airedale, there is one clear new year’s resolution that should be adopted by politicians at national and local level – to reform the current care system. Our ageing population
I think I’m stuck in a time warp. Reading through ‘the top 40 things we don’t do anymore’, I was disturbed to find that I still do most of them. Only last week I visited my building society to sort out the children’s accounts, yet trips here, or to
25 years ago: Princess Diana’s Bradford visit in March is expected to include a look around a unique fashion service for disabled people in Shipley. 50 years ago: The recent flu outbreak which has hit staff at Bradford’s largest hospitals has also had
25 years ago: Two Bradford schoolchildren have been identified as having the potentially lethal AIDS virus. 50 years ago: Britain will have to gear itself into a world community of nations, said the Bishop of Bradford, giving a New Year message at the
SIR – Does anyone else find the Archbishop of Canterbury as irritating as I do? His new year message about “giving up on young people” following the Bishop of London’s absurd interaction with St Paul’s ‘camping club’ was quite offensive. I have spent
Bereaved parents gathered to remember their children during a moving service at Bradford Cathedral. More than 60 people attended the 16th annual service organised by Bradford Bereaved Parents Group on Saturday. It was led by the vicar of St
This spring, Bradford will be home to the world’s first gallery exploring how the internet changed our lives. Called Life Online, it will tell the story of the technological, social and cultural impact of the internet. The £2 million project – bringing
Back in 2009, this newspaper reported that more than 500 Bradford Council buildings – including 205 schools – contained asbestos. Asbestos is an emotive subject, and a substance that causes a lot of fear – quite rightly, for the numbers of deaths it
It is six months since we launched our With Respect campaign, which aimed to raise awareness of the plight of older people who are too often being given a raw deal in society. The story that launched our campaign was that of Betty West, whose daughter
Ricky Ravenhill today stressed that City’s season is still very much alive despite their FA Cup exit. Watford’s 4-2 win at Vicarage Road dashed hopes of a shock in the club’s first third-round appearance since 2004. Ravenhill’s Valley Parade future
A festive bus service in Keighley has been commended for its work in tackling drink-driving after its most successful Christmas ever. Members of the Keighley Bus Museum Trust have been thanked by Airedale and North Bradford Police after they offered
Tourists visiting a Bingley park will be given a flavour of 150-year-old recipes following the restoration of a kitchen rarely seen since Edwardian times. Heritage experts are close to restoring two rooms, including the kitchen, at the old coach house
York Minster is one of England’s architectutral gems... and as it’s only an hour or so’s drive away from Bradford, it’s an ideal destination for a day out. There’s something for young and old alike in and around the Minster, located in the heart of
'First time in Vegas ma’am?” the taxi driver deduced from my dazed expression. Despite having seen this neon wonderland in countless movies and television shows, I still wasn’t quite prepared for ‘the strip’ in the flesh. Little did I know, however,
A shocked woman was punched in the face by a vicious armed robber who confronted staff at a Bradford pub. The raider brandished what is thought to have been a handgun and demanded money before fleeing with around £500 in the robbery. The suspect struck
A community centre facing an uncertain future is looking for professional pensioner power to help secure a lifeline. The Gateway Community and Children’s Centre, on the Ravenscliffe estate, has applied for more money from the Big Lottery and will hear
A vet who has helped generations of farmers and pet owners will retire this week. Colin Harrison has been keeping animals in the area healthy since returning to his home town of Otley in 1970, shortly after qualifying in Glasgow. He began working for
Neighbourhood policing officers in Bradford are starting their shifts an hour earlier to help make children safer by tackling parking problems on the school run. Uniformed officers are providing a high-profile presence to focus both pupils and parents
The makers of the new Bradford Monopoly game have been forced to issue a “wholesome apology” after several boxes were found to contain cards featuring the well-known landmarks of Plymouth – 300 miles away. A family won the apology after buying the new
Police in Shipley have made a new appeal for a stolen phone, containing pictures of a woman’s late brother, to be returned to its owner. The Apple iPhone 3GS was stolen from a 26-year-old woman in the toilet area of the Sycamore’s pub in Norman Lane,
Police in Bradford have arrested three men as part of a pre-planned drugs operation. Officers executed a warrant at an address in Turner Place, Great Horton. A significant amount of suspected Class A drugs, along with £3,500 in cash, was
Two of the district’s care homes have been bought by a newly-formed company, securing the jobs of 84 staff. P&C Care Ltd, based in Shipley, has taken on the Ivy Nursing Home in Shipley and The Mount Nursing Home in Bolton, Bradford, which
A Bradford couple who celebrated their 86th wedding anniversary this month could be the UK’s longest married husband and wife. Karam and Kartari Chand, of Washington Street, tied the knot in a traditional Sikh ceremony in 1925. They have just celebrated
Brett Kearney is confident the Bulls can make a serious improvement this season – but insists no specific targets have even been mentioned. The Australian full back should prove a pivotal figure again this term as Mick Potter’s men look to put three
Watford 4, City 2 Mark Lawn may have lost his beard but City slipped out of the FA Cup with their credibility and confidence still in place. It was no close shave like the joint-chairman enjoyed after the game – though it might have
