Azeem Rafiq has been told the No 1 spinner’s spot in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship team is “his shirt” after ousting Bradfordian leg-spinner Adil Rashid. “It’s his place now, it’s his shirt,” declared Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale ahead of tomorrow's
Andrew Doidge inspired Rawdon to an Aire-Wharfe League victory over North Leeds that puts them back into a share of the lead in Division Two. Following last week’s shock defeat by Ilkley, Rawdon needed a quick response but it looked as though the hangover
Liversedge pair Jermaine White and Nathan Cartman were double winners at the Spen club’s end-of-season presentation evening. White picked up the committee’s player of the year award, while Cartman was nominated by his peers and lifted the players’ player
Bradford Park Avenue owner Bob Blackburn admits he cannot wait for the new season to start. Avenue’s major shareholder broke his long silence to reassure supporters that he is as committed as ever to the club. Some of the building company boss’s workers
Yeadon retained their position at the top of JCT600 Bradford League Division Two with a 45-run triumph at Hartshead Moor yesterday to extend their winning run to six matches. Ben Elvidge made an unbeaten 75 and James Riley 47 as Yeadon made
Running log Richard Pattinson (Pudsey & Bramley) set one record and lost another amid the limestone scenery around Grassington as the WHARFEDALE HALF AND FULL MARATHONS celebrated their tenth anniversary. Cool, breezy conditions were perfect for any
The meeting of the Mewies Solicitors Craven League's top two, Haworth Road and Barrowford, took place at Baildon Bottom. And it was even-steven until home skipper Andrew Gudgeon performed the hat-trick to rip the heart out of the visitors' batting.
Sunday's games for the West Riding Sunday Council were all washed out, but that wasn't the case on Bank Holiday Monday. Mr Fix It DIY, of the lower division, were at home on their Cambing ground facing First Division Attock United, and in need of a good
Leeds Carnegie flanker Chris Walker captained England as they got their International Rugby Board Junior World Championship off to a perfect start in South Africa. England under-20s defeated their Italian counterparts 64-5 at the University
Apperley Bridge won the battle of the top two and now head Bradford & District Evening League Division One after their defeat of Thornton. In a high-scoring encounter, Apperley Bridge rattled up a hugely impressive 185-5, with Mohammed Ziyad and Mohammed
Police are investigating a rubbish fire which damaged a door locking and CCTV system at a block of flats. The fire under the flats’ foyer stairs in Turnstables Mount, Cleckheaton, damaged an electrical box. It was discovered by one of the residents
A murder investigation was started by police today following the death of a Bradford man. Officers were called by the ambulance service to Apsley Crescent, Manningham, at 5.30am yesterday to reports of a man collapsed. The 38-year-old
Two Bradford men are gearing up for a gruelling bike ride along the Liverpool and Leeds Canal towpath to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Shahid Islam, 35, and Alan Wright, 50, who both work at Bradford District Care Trust, are two of a 12-strong
A Bingley garden designer will swap the potting shed for the small screen after being chosen to present alongside Alan Titchmarsh on his new TV horticulture show. Katie Rushworth will be a presenter on ITV’s Love Your Garden when the series airs later
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society is giving away £43,000 to worthy causes through its Charity Choices campaign. To be unveiled at the Howard House branch in Bradford on Friday, the programme will see each branch across the county giving away
More plans for Positive Bradford have been unveiled. Organisers of the event on Friday, June 22, have promised it will be bigger and better than before, including a world-record bid to make the biggest-ever samosa. Last year’s event attracted 8,000
Football fans across the district are being urged to kick domestic violence into touch during the Euro 2012 football championship – or face paying the penalty. West Yorkshire Police is joining forces with the Probation Service the NHS and other stay
Even the most ardent republican will have to admit, having seen the photographs in the Telegraph & Argus of people enjoying themselves over the Bank Holiday weekend, that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee has done much to unite people. Doing the same job for
SIR – A few days ago my wife showed me an advertisement in a sales catalogue she had received in the post for a very elegant patio chair. We took the catalogue to our very well-known local ironmonger and showed the sales assistant the photograph of the
SIR – As a keen cyclist and environmental campaigner, I was excited to hear that Yorkshire has made an official bid to host the Grand Depart for the Tour de France in 2016. This event could be exactly what we need to raise the profile of cycling, encourage
SIR – In your editorial of May 29 you state that Westfield took the business decision to delay the development due to the economic climate. This is far from the truth. The demolition of the Broadway buildings began in March 2004 and the
SIR – Re the police being loaned a motorbike to tackle the nuisance of off-road motorbikes. I agree something needs to be done, but why on earth is the the Flappit closed down? I am aware a man died in an accident some time ago, and also some bikers
SIR – Congratulations to the protesters who have given the Westfield developers the well-deserved kick up the backside that has been long overdue. Westfield’s development director Duncan Bowers’s letter to them is nothing short of poor excuses. How can
SIR – Wanting to do things “the right way”, I contacted my MP Kris Hopkins (pictured) to ask for his support for a referendum regarding membership of the EU. Eventually he replied telling me that “much more important things need sorting out, such as
SIR – Karl Dallas says our prisons are not fit for purpose because they have not got cells with flat-screen TVs, en-suite showers and toilets and other luxuries like those in Norway’s Halden Prison (Letters, May 26). Our prisons can’t be that bad or
SIR – The library that was nearly lost due to the recent Council cutbacks, Wrose Library, rose to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration in style last Saturday. The now-thriving community library supported by the parish council and more than 30 volunteers
Those who had their doubts about the transformation of Centenary Square into the Mirror Pool and City Park should today feel a little happier. Yes, it was an expensive regeneration project, but anyone who visited the city centre during the hot weather
Petrol companies are constantly being called on to drive down the cost of fuel. Rising prices are hitting private motorists and hauliers hard, and even the man in a small van, the tradesmen, electricians, joiners and plumbers who travel around the country
The disturbing news that the Bradford Bulls’ financial situation is much worse than was originally feared will come as a blow to all who support the club. Fans will be bitterly disappointed after all the efforts that have been put in thus far to find
Mick Potter praised his players after the Bulls survived a tense second half to overcome Castleford 46-32 and leapfrog rivals Leeds back into the Super League play-off places. Potter watched his injury-crippled side produce an outstanding attacking
On June 2, 1953, the newly-ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and took on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. The Coronation, held more than a year after her accession to the throne, drew a worldwide audience of
Diamond Jubilee mania was sweeping villages and communities across the district as the sun shone down on relieved organisers. After Sunday’s drenching downpours, all the finger-crossing paid off as blue skies appeared and celebrations got into swing.
The care and support given to a little girl with epilepsy by staff at her primary school has earned it a national award. Saltaire Primary School has been crowned winner of an Epilepsy Action education award and was presented with its ‘Edward’ as part
Bradford has double the number of people claiming for whiplash injury than the national average, it has been revealed, leading to one MP to call for the personal injury claims system to be regulated. Bradford East MP David Ward said that in addition
Residents are calling on Network Rail to fix a boundary fence close to a stretch of railway line in Baildon amid fears children could wander on to the track. Householders have raised safety concerns about the overgrown wasteland, to the back of houses
Phil Parkinson has applauded the Football League’s return to seven substitutes for next season. The three lower divisions are now back in line with the Premier League after one year when bench sizes were reduced to five. Officials from the 72 clubs
Bradford’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations got off to a sizzling start at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Al-Mahdi Mosque. Overlooking the whole of the city from its lofty location in Rees Way, Undercliffe, the mosque welcomed its members and neighbours
City believe Irish eyes will be smiling on their promotion ambitions. Phil Parkinson is finalising plans for the two-game stop in Ireland in pre-season. The club see the away break as a crucial part of the build-up to hit the new term running. Director
Bradford Bulls 46, Castleford Tigers 32 Much has been made of the financial crisis engulfing the Bulls, and the subsequent war of words which has erupted these past few days, but mercifully last night was all about on-field matters.
