Scott Thwaites could not hide his delight after winning the Elite Circuit Race National Championship for the second year running at the annual Otley Cycle Races tonight. The Burley-in-Wharfedale professional edged a thrilling sprint finish and said:
Adam Drury’s 11-year spell at Norwich City is to end with the defender agreeing a two-year deal to join npower Championship side Leeds at the start of next month. The 33-year-old Drury, who joined Norwich in 2001 and stayed with them during their plunge
Moin Ashraf is using the blueprint set out by some of the world’s best fast bowlers as he aims to reverse Yorkshire’s Twenty20 failures of years gone by. The fast bowler from Bradford, aged 20, has been one of the stars of the White Rose county’s encouraging
Lilycroft WMC have won Bradford's oldest billiards competition for the fourth time. They claimed a narrow 25-point victory over Clayton Rugby Club B at Chapel Green Liberal Club to lift the 104th Moorhouse Shield final. Clayton received
A man has died after falling head first down the stairs of a double-decker bus in Clayton. The incident happened on the 636 Clayton to Bradford Moor bus. It is believed the bus was stationary at the time, at the terminus at the top of The Avenue, and
A 12-year-old Bradford girl was among three people from the district who were involved in today’s Olympic Torch Relay from York to Carlisle. Tyanna Beresford, of Heaton, who goes to St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, is one of the youngest participants
Cleckheaton’s Nigel Colbeck held his nerve to win the Hawksworth Trophy at the fourth hole of a sudden-death play-off. The plus-one handicapper edged out in-form Huddersfield player Nick Marsh to claim his first Yorkshire Order of Merit
Shafilea Ahmed’s sister has told a jury that her parents played no part in the Bradford-born teenager's death. Mevish Ahmed, 21, was giving evidence for a third day in the trial of parents Iftikhar, 52, and Farzana, 49, who are accused of murdering
Speak to people about Branshaw Golf Club and they will tell you how friendly it is. But there is a lot more besides to the Oakworth-based outfit, who celebrate their centenary this weekend. The course boasts some superb views of the famous surrounding
The owners of a car which rolled backwards down a hill and hit a lamp-post after the handbrake failed say it was lucky no-one was hurt. The family parked their silver Vauxhall Zafira on Bridge Street, close to Bradford Interchange in Bradford city centre
Liam Griffin (Lower Hopton) won the 2012 Shipley Classic after defeating Richard Stockdale (Eccleshill) 21-12 in the final. Griffin started the evening as 3-1 second favourite to win the competition – sponsored by Yorkshire Building Society
Lee Blackett, who spent six years at Leeds Carnegie, has rejoined fellow Championship side Rotherham, where he used to be club captain. The 29-year-old previously made 53 appearances for the Titans, scoring 11 tries, a conversion and a drop goal.
BRADFORD LEAGUES SATURDAY Naylor – Ladyhill A 183 (18), Brighouse Sports A 173 (12); Eccleshill A 198 (23), Pudsey Littlemoor A 144 (7); Asa Briggs A 210 (20), Clayton A 171 (10); Cross Roads 175 (15), Crossgates 179 (15); Rufford
Bradford’s main business body is hoping that the biggest business programme ever organised to help UK firms boost trade in the wake of the London Olympics will bring benefits to local businesses. The Government has unveiled details of an Olympic business
Bradford pop star Zayn Malik has come under an astonishing broadside from a neo-Conservative American radio presenter for "pimping Islam". Debbie Schlussel, who describes herself as a "Conservative political commentator, radio talk show host
A giant walking bus marked the start yesterday of a new community project for parents and nursery children in Allerton, Bradford. Organised by children’s health professionals at Bradford District Care Trust as part of a national initiative by road safety
Residents in Baildon who own garages on Bradford Council-owned land have hit out after discovering the authority is considering selling the land at auction. Householders in Cliffe Avenue say they were not notified of the proposal to put land
A joiner has received royal backing from the Prince of Wales after excelling on an apprenticeship programme. Prince Charles awarded Jonny Briggs, from Ilkley, the Prince’s Trust Hancock Award which rewards the best apprentice on the Heritage Skills
An art exhibition exploring how the weather in Haworth inspired the lives and work of the Bronte sisters will open on Friday at the Bronte Parsonage Museum. The exhibition, called Hope’s Whisper, has been created by artist Rebecca Chesney, who installed
Around 70 people have added their signature to a petition pledging to boycott firms signing up to the £40 million New Victoria Place development on the site of the former Bradford Odeon cinema. Protesters want to save the 1930s cinema building from demolition
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has advised its members in the Bradford district not to do anything to undermine the industrial action by doctors tomorrow and to work as normal. Jon Skewes, director of employment relations and development at the
A BMW 3 Series was destroyed in a blaze in Fairweather Green in the early hours of yesterday morning. Crews from Fairweather Green Fire Station were called to reports of a car on fire on Glendare Road at 2.20am. A West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman
A six-year-old boy presented a 650-signature petition to Bradford Council objecting to a housing development over fears it will “steal the view” of former Green Belt land near his school. Riyaadh Naylor, a pupil at St Barnabas Primary School in Heaton
A protected Victorian cemetery in Bradford will be the unlikely venue for an arts festival. Supporters of Undercliffe Cemetery have come up with the idea of using the sprawling site, with its 23,000 graves, as the location for an event next
A six-times British champion returned to her former school to open a new playing field. Jackie Wilkinson, the current national field archery champion, went back to Westville House School, in Ilkley, to open the new facility at the school. She was joined
Nostalgic reminders of bygone Bradford were put on display in the city centre this week, in the run up to Friday’s Positive Bradford Day. An exhibition featuring photographs dating back as far as the 1920s has been set up in the shop window of an empty
A very important conference took place 20 years ago, in June 1992 – the Rio Earth Conference, officially known as the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. It was the first international recognition that our human activities
SIR – Some people are advocating the return of a military-type national service, which they think would benefit the young males of today. Once you eliminate the objections of training men for war, or the unwanted interference in foreign countries, decided
SIR – The scandal of the trial which had to be postponed because no interpreter came from the private contractor has cost the public purse heavily. Police, barristers, the Recorder and staff now have to reassemble. The alleged victim, other witnesses
Two of Great Britain’s Olympic cycling team will be bidding for glory on the streets of Otley tonight. Ed Clancy and Andy Tennant, who have both been named in the five-strong team pursuit squad, are among the leading contenders for British Cycling’s
SIR – I am a resident living on Ogden Lane, and my mother and father-in-law live around the corner on Ogden Crescent. Sometimes we drive round, and this can prove very difficult due to the number of cars that are double-parked at the side of the road
SIR – I would like to thank the many Bradford Rock ’n’ Roll Group members of the 1950s and 1960s who came to the launch of my book, When Bradford Rocked, at the Bradford & Bingley Sports Club last Thursday. It was also one grand reunion of more than 200
SIR – Regarding George Galloway’s response to the new initiative by Bradford Council. I was always lead to believe that only sheep bleat, however, over the weekend we have seen the MP for Bradford West bleating louder than any sheep simply because an
SIR – At QED-UK, we welcome that the Council is creating more than 1,000 jobs and apprenticeships for our city, which is much-needed and long-awaited good news (T&A, June 15). Unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, is the biggest black cloud
Two Bradford MPs are pressing for an urgent meeting with bosses at travel giant Thomas Cook in a bid to prevent the company’s doomed offices in the city centre becoming a disused white elephant. Bradford West MP George Galloway and Bradford South MP
Community leaders have said they are “appalled” by allegations of indecent sexual behaviour occurring during the day at public toilets in Baildon. Police are now monitoring the area around the toilets in Northgate, which are close to a children’s play
Phil Parkinson insists there is no need for fans to get twitchy at City’s transfer progress. Andrew Davies and Rory McArdle are the only summer recruits at Valley Parade so far. In comparison, Steve Evans has snapped up eight new faces at bookies favourites
A single yellow line which has left residents of a Bradford street feeling like “sitting ducks” because they cannot park outside their homes for fear of attracting a parking fine is being removed by Bradford Council. Father-of-five Mohammed Khan, of
Students at Bradford University face living in one of the most burgled areas of the country, a new survey has claimed. The study by the Complete University Guide for students says there were 1.17 burglaries per 1,000 residents within a three-mile radius
A children’s ward and assessment unit in Bradford has gone from ‘drab’ to ‘fab,’ thanks to a spring clean from artists, schoolchildren and volunteers. The idea for the makeover on the Bradford Royal Infirmary’s Children’s Assessment Unit and Ward 16
Brendan Guilfoyle has pleaded with any further would-be investors to come forward and help save the Bulls after admitting that administration is looming. In excess of £1million is needed to safeguard the Bulls’ future until the end of the season
Born in Bradford researchers will be assessing pupils in reception classes across the district from September as part of the world’s biggest study into why children fall ill. All four and five-year-olds – even those not part of the BiB study – starting
A Bradford woman left devastated by the death of her son said her grief has been compounded by vandalism at his grave. Pamela Jeffreys’ son Dean died 15 months ago at the age of 20 and was buried at Bowling Cemetery. Since last Friday a wooden cross
A small fire at a Bradford garage forced 20 residents to evacuate their homes because of fears over “volatile” gas cylinders. Police cordoned off Queen’s Road as crews from Bradford Fire Station tackled the blaze at R and M Autos on Studley Road, near
People in Bradford are being urged to use social media sites on Sunday to get the latest information as the Olympic Torch Relay winds its way through the district. The flame will take in Brighouse, before arriving in Bradford, then head through
