Both games featuring local sides were postponed tonight following a day of continual rain. Eccleshill United’s trip to Appleby Frodingham in the Baris Northern Counties East League Division One was called off early in the afternoon.
A Bingley GP is taking part in a five-day trek in the French Alps this summer to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Dr Aziz Hafiz will join 33 fellow hikers hoping to raise in excess of £25,000 for Macmillan. Dr Hafiz, a GP at Oak Glen Surgery
Dole queues across Bradford have shortened but one in every nine young people across the district is signing on. Monthly figures show numbers claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance has fallen by 179 to 19,565, after months of rises. A year ago the count was
The body of a 78-year-old man has been pulled from the River Wharfe in Otley. The man, who lived in the town, had been reported to police as missing at about 6.30pm on Tuesday by concerned relatives. They were worried as they had not seen the man since
Tasif Khan is ready to take boxing seriously after giving up his day job. The Girlington bantamweight has walked away from primary school teaching for a proper crack at a professional career. Khan first stepped in the pro ring in 2005. Now 29, he can
Bradford MP, David Ward, has pledged to take part in peaceful protests at the London Olympics to raise awareness of the plight of the Palestinian people. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Ward condemned the situation in the West Bank as “apartheid
Steve Patterson is in line for a crucial four days as he bids to climb the pecking order of Yorkshire fast bowlers. Patterson is expected to play in tomorrow's LV= County Championship match against Essex at Headingley, replacing Cleckheaton
Right on Cue Bradford No 1’s snooker side look set to miss out on retaining the YORKSHIRE INTER-DISTRICT LEAGUE title after a top-of-the-table defeat to Division One leaders Sheffield No 3 at Undercliffe Cricket Club. With just three points separating
Bradford Golf Club’s James Sibbles came second after play-off in the Skycaddie PGA North Region Assistants' Championship at Ilkley. Westerhope rookie Ross Crowe, who is probably used to having his leg pulled about birdies, shot three of them in winning
A new service for people with eye conditions is now available at Airedale Hospital, near Keighley, thanks to donations from patients. The ophthalmology service, at the Steeton hospital, can now offer the new scanning service using state-of-the art Optical
Concern over the impact of local bus service changes has prompted Keighley Town Council to seek assurances from transport authority Metro. Watch and transport committee chairman, Councillor Graham Mitchell, said a letter was sent to Metro following news
After battling through several rounds of qualifying and beating off thousands of other competitors, a local golfer is celebrating after booking his place in the Grand Final of the UK’s biggest amateur event, The Matchplay Championship. Richard Hardy
Weather forecasting can be difficult in spring but one thing is clear – there will definitely be a Whirlwind in Bingley this June. Six-times World Championship runner-up Jimmy White, who will be 50 on May 2, is to face Keighley’s Chris Melling over the
Bradford Police ABC are holding a dinner show at the Cedar Court Hotel on Friday, May 18. Twelve bouts are on the bill and tickets are available from Julian on 079779 14652 or 01274 959961/ Shaid on 07968 90122 or from Body Active 01274 733270. Tickets
The launch of a smartphone rugby game app marks a new direction for a Keighley design agency which is also nurturing young people. Creative and Market-ing, based in Dalton Mills, has launched SuperCrazyRugby, aimed at fans of Rugby League and Rugby Union
Firms looking to beef up trade with Brazil have been urged to contact a Bradford MP who will be part of a Parliamentary delegation to one of the world’s fastest growing economies this weekend. David Ward, MP for Bradford East, who is a member of the
A man was being treated for injuries by paramedics after his car was involved in an accident in Bradford today. Emergency services were called to the junction of Valley Road and Frizinghall Road, Bradford, just after 11am today following reports of
Health bosses in the district have urged people to seek help if they are worried they or someone they know might be depressed. Bradford District Care Trust says one in five suffer from the illness and, as it prepares for Depression Awareness Week from
Two Bradford Bulls fanatics are to hold a 24-hour pool marathon to raise funds for the beleaguered Super League club. Adam Gilmartin and Daniel Carter, both of Thornton, will play the game continuously at the Great Northern, in Thornton Road
The plight of refugees and asylum seekers will be highlighted by a series of events in June organised to mark Refugee Week. It comes as latest figures show about 340 families are currently seeking asylum in Bradford. A Walk for Justice
The widow of a man who died after being exposed to asbestos at work is making a final desperate plea for his old colleagues to come forward to avoid the collapse of her compensation case against the Bradford textile firm which employed him. Margaret
The boss of a private hire firm has raised concerns over possible plans to install a hackney carriage rank at Shipley rail station. Members of Bradford Council’s Regulatory and Appeals Panel have instructed officers to look into setting up
If the Government really wants to make a mark and do something simple that would gain almost universal approval, it needs the bottle, the can-do attitude, to introduce a national scheme of mandatory deposits on single use and returnable drink containers
A new group to battle plans to develop green land in Aireborough will be officially formed next week. A pair of MPs have led calls for campaigners to form an action group to protect land at Rawdon Billing, which is listed in the Leeds City Council’s
Victims of stalking have been urged to report it by police as part of National Stalking Awareness Day. West Yorkshire Police has said it recorded 290 crimes of harassment and charged 230 people with the offence between September 1, 2011, and February
Sarah Holt has thrown within centimetres of her personal best after just two outings this year but still has mixed feelings over the start of her Olympic qualifying campaign. The 24-year-old from Cleckheaton took to the hammer throwing circle for the
Lizzie Armitstead cannot wait to race the streets of London this summer but would not be satisfied with her performance unless she won gold. The 23-year-old Otley ace is one of six riders vying for Team GB’s four places on the women’s Olympic road race
A shut pub in Bradford city centre is all set for a new era as a 1980s bar. Called Comrades, it will open in the former Yates’s premises in Queensgate in May bringing big hair and shoulderpads back on the clubbing scene. Max Marshall, who owns the Gasworks
Councillors have granted an arts charity an alcohol and entertainment licence at its venue in Keighley. The Small World Cultural Arts Collective applied to Bradford Council for the licence to help generate income for the charity’s work, but also to display
The body of an elderly man was last night recovered from the River Wharfe in Otley. The man, who had been reported missing yesterday afternoon, was spotted by a member of the public who alerted the emergency services. Fire crews assisted
Bradford’s top judge is retiring, ending his distinguished career where it began – in his beloved home city. Judge James Stewart QC, the Recorder of Bradford, was sitting for the final time at Bradford Crown Court today. Here, he exclusively tells
The organisers of an open-air cinema are hoping their latest venture turns into the one everybody wants. Nearly two years ago, the Friends of Ilkley Lido (FOIL) attempted to host a drive-in movie at the iconic Pool, but were thwarted at
An investigation into an arson attack that could have claimed the life of a Barkerend resident has been launched by police. The blaze was started deliberately outside a maisonette block in Hendford Drive, Bradford, the scene of a fatal fire
The University of Bradford’s JB Priestley library building contains the archive of the Bradford-born playwright, novelist and broadcaster. Priestley lived from 1894 to 1984 and his works total 169 books. Most of them, in their various editions, are
25 years ago: Bradford’s world snooker champion Joe Johnson was looking to dazzle ’em again at The Crucible as he was due to start the defence of his title in Sheffield. 50 years ago: Baildon ratepayers faced an expenditure of £195,550, the equivalent
Tonight, for a couple of hours, as on most Wednesday nights, 15 to 20 volunteers at a former Roman Catholic church, St Mary’s in Barkerend, will be filling bags with tins and boxes of food. In every bag there will be cereals, a litre of UHT milk, a kilo
Moves to bring a derelict Bradford fire station back into use are long overdue and should be encouraged by both the West Yorkshire Fire Authority and Bradford Council. The former Bradford fire station on Nelson Street has become a magnet for vandalism
A former fire station – which has been plagued by vandalism since it closed six years ago – could be sold to become an “educational facility”. Fire chiefs have confirmed an agreement is in place to sell the derelict Bradford fire station in
Almost 4,000 long-term unemployed across Bradford should be handed a job in local government or the voluntary sector on the minimum wage – or have benefits cut, a report today states. The Institute of Public Policy Research said long-term unemployment
SIR – If ever this Westfield fiasco comes off the drawing board and into fruition, I feel it will be too little, too late to save our city from further decay. The number of boarded-up premises in the city centre will only escalate due to competition thus
SIR – The comments of dyed-in-the-wool Old Labour supporters such as Christopher Hindle in his letter (T&A, April 6) never fail to make me smile. His latest statement about Theresa May’s bringing in a Bill to allow the establishment to monitor the electorate
Now that Britain has passed the 100-day milestone until London hosts the 2012 Olympics, discussion of this great international sporting event will doubtless get ever more fevered. But do any readers remember the last time the Olympics came
SIR – If the Odeon is pulled down, in years to come, people will see images (ie film and photographs) and wonder how we can ever have been so stupid. Maynard Crabtree, Staveley Court, Bingley
SIR – Too many students are taking courses incompatible to modern employment trends and should be advised better. Some lack skills in maths, English, self-expression, manners and clear speech. Some don’t want work and are content to “chill out”. Scarcity
SIR – Each year, the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Battlefield Research Section, organise Pilgrims to the Battle areas of the First World War. The tour is in September covering France and Belgium. This year, we plan to visit the Somme Battlefields
SIR – The new £3.5 million budget hotel Travelodge in Valley Road near Forster Square Retail Park is yet another city centre hotel development giving Bradford a vote of confidence. Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire
SIR – Andrew Appleton (Letters, April 9) seeks to perpetuate another myth by suggesting that the ‘high-ups’ in the Labour Party are out of touch with the working class because they have been to university. If he looks back to the time of Clement Atlee
SIR – You report a reaction from Lorraine Bradbury, our local anti-smoking professional, over David Hockney’s comments about proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. Apparently, this idea will stop the “thousands of children” who start smoking
A 27-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition today after being shot in West Bowling last night. The man is currently being treated in hospital after the shooting at 11pm. The alarm was raised after he arrived at a nearby address and
A Bradford man killed in a street attack on a Keighley estate had to be identified by his fingerprints, an inquest heard. The body of Jason Seed, 44, who had been a talented rugby player in his youth, was found by officers called to a disturbance
Real-ale lovers are invited to the Skipton Beer Festival. The event, organised by the Keighley and Craven branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, will showcase at least 65 traditional UK cask-conditioned beers, traditional farm-house ciders and perries
Eleven Swedish medics have visited a centre for recovering drug addicts set up in Bradford only months ago and now held up as an example of best practice. Senior clinicians visited the £850,000 Unity Recovery Centre in Manningham Lane yesterday. The
Nahki Wells has warned City strike partner James Hanson: I’m coming after you. With three games to go, the Bermudian believes he can still nick the crown as the club’s leading scorer for the season. Hanson currently tops the table with
The family of a former Royal Marine say it is a “travesty” that no-one will face criminal charges in connection with a violent incident which left him fighting for his life. Danny McAllister, 22, of Odsal, was left critically ill in a coma
Junior Witter aims to become British boxing’s grand old man – or he will quit. Bradford’s former world champion fights old adversary Colin Lynes for the domestic welterweight belt in Sheffield on May 12. Now 38, Witter could become the oldest British
Bradford’s City Park will be at the centre of celebrations this Saturday to mark St George’s Day. This year’s celebrations will have a colourful medieval feel to it with joking jesters, dancers, singers and street theatre entertaining the crowds
Yorkshire are close to completing their search for an overseas fast bowler. They will almost certainly make their move if, as expected, Phil Jaques gets his status as a non-overseas player confirmed by the ECB ahead of tomorrow’s LV= County
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Glen Christopher Brook, aged 44, of Thorne Street; two counts of theft, community order made with curfew, £85 costs. Luke Harker, aged 22, of Eskdale Rise, Allerton; burglary, community
Luke Gale is hoping to be given the green light to return in Sunday’s crunch visit of Super League leaders Huddersfield. The Bulls scrum half has been sidelined for the past two months after sustaining ankle ligament damage against Wigan on
Northwich Victoria 1 Bradford Park Avenue 0 An early goal saw troubled Northwich Victoria condemn visitors Park Avenue to defeat last night. The Vics are above Avenue in the Evo-Stik Premier Division table but are set to be expelled from the league
Farsley dropped out of the play-off places in Evo-Stik Division One North when they endured a blank weekend but they are right back in the mix following a 3-1 derby win at Harrogate Railway Athletic last night. Gareth Grant gave the visitors the lead
Blackpool 1 Leeds United 0 Angel Martinez’s first goal for Blackpool handed Ian Holloway’s side a significant victory in their pursuit of a Championship play-off place as Leeds’ disappointing season continued to fizzle out. The former Espanyol midfielder
