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  • Durham put through Mill by Yorkshire batsman

    South Africa’s David Miller returned to haunt his old county and help Yorkshire take a significant step towards the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 at the hands of Durham at the Riverside tonight. Left-handed Miller, 23, crashed a breathtaking

  • Outlook was Positive, despite the weather

    Heavy rain and strong winds failed to dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of people who turned out to celebrate Positive Bradford Day in Centenary Square. The day, aimed at celebrating all that is good about the city, started with a parade of schoolchildren

  • Shafilea teacher ‘saw cut and bruises’

    Bradford-born Shafilea Ahmed’s teacher saw injuries which the teenager claimed were caused in a “beating” from her parents, a Court heard yesterday. Joanne Code said Shafilea also ran away from home and said she would not go back because “they

  • Outlook was Positive, despite the weather

    Heavy rain and strong winds failed to dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of people who turned out to celebrate Positive Bradford Day in Centenary Square. The day, aimed at celebrating all that is good about the city, started with a parade

  • It'll be weird seeing Syko playing for Wakefield

    After two long weeks, the lads are certainly ready for a game! We’ve been sat on an awful result for the past fortnight and we’re looking forward to turning that around and putting things right with a win against Wakefield. Wakefield

  • Bradford six compete in British Ice Dance Championships

    Six members of Bradford Ice Skating Club will be competing in the British Solo Ice Dance Championships at iceSheffield from June 26-30. They are Poppy-Rose Scott, 11, of Baildon (pre-novice ladies); Cory Serlin, 14, of Wakefield (pre-novice men); Carlie

  • League call off cricket fixtures

    The Bradford Mutual Sunday School Cricket League have cancelled all matches due to be played this Saturday. The three cup ties scheduled for Sunday have not been cancelled.

  • Bradford Park Avenue season-ticket sales up by 25 per cent

    It has been a hectic close season for Bradford Park Avenue already but there will be more additions to the squad and an increase in members of the board announced over the coming weeks. There was always going to be a lot of work to be done this summer

  • Skipper Walker bemoans errors as England Under-20s lose

    Captain Chris Walker had a mixed afternoon as England Under-20s lost 27-12 to Ireland at the University of Western Cape in South Africa, and will next face Australia for seventh place in the International Rugby Board Junior World Championship. The Otley

  • Armitstead desperate to regain Nationals jersey

    Lizzie Armitstead is eager to successfully defend her British Championships road race title in Ampleforth on Sunday as she bids to strengthen her case to be team leader at the Olympic Games. The 23-year-old from Otley is set to ride in her first Olympics

  • No close season for Farsley boss Parsley

    Farsley boss Neil Parsley admits that the club’s return from the close season is suspiciously just after the Euro 2012 Championship comes to an end - but he insists it was not planned for the benefit of his players. The Throstle Nest squad

  • Silsden in training soon to prepare for early start

    Silsden's players will spend their last free weekend getting into shape before they report back for pre-season training on Monday. Manager Chris Reape said: “We will be back to it after the weekend, which is unbelievable really. It only seems a short

  • Elder Brownlee steps up Olympic preparations

    Horsforth's Alistair Brownlee will step up his preparations for the Olympics with his first World Triathlon Series race of the season in Kitzbuhel this weekend. The 24-year-old has not competed at elite level since winning his second world title in China

  • Demetriou: Cougars will learn lessons from Rovers defeat

    Jason Demetriou is confident Cougars will find the right response to their humiliating Northern Rail Cup exit when they host Batley on Sunday (5pm). Keighley were thumped 60-12 by Featherstone in their quarter-final and now have only Co-operative Championship

  • Oliver signs new Bradford City deal

    Luke Oliver has ended speculation about his City future by signing a new two-year contract. Last season’s player of the year put pen to paper on the day that Gary Jones became the club’s third summer signing. Boss Phil Parkinson said

  • Musicians and dancers perform at Positive Bradford Day

    Celebrations to mark Positive Bradford Day are continuing despite strong winds and persistent rain. Music and dance performances by pupils at Bradford schools have taken place on the main stage in Centenary Square while there has also been

  • Bradford City snap up Jones

    City today swooped for experienced Rochdale skipper Gary Jones on a one-year deal. The 35-year-old midfielder made 531 appearances for Dale and steered them to their first promotion in 41 years in 2010. Jones, who nearly signed for Peter

  • Guitarist set to plug in to the Live Room

    Dick Gaughan – guitarist, singer, actor, composer, producer and all-round giant of Scottish music – is at Caroline Street Social Club in Saltaire this weekend. With a career spanning 40 years, Dick (pictured) is as well-known for his forthright political

  • Wibsey correspondent meets Bradford man in Cyprus

    Wibsey community correspondent Mick Couzens, who is on an extended holiday in Cyprus, met another Bradford man when he decided to join a turtle watch group. Mr Couzens arranged to meet Tony Brearton on one of the deserted beaches at 7am to look

  • Jet2 owner is happy with holiday demand

    Leisure company boss Philip Meeson says Northern sunseekers are defying austerity and still insisting on a summer family holiday or city break – but demand for winter breaks has declined. The chairman of Yeadon-based Dart Group, owner of airline Jet2

  • Children’s favourite is full of family fun

    A magical, musical adaptation of much-loved children’s book The Gruffalo is coming to Bradford. The stage version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s book follows the adventures of a wheeler-dealer fox, an eccentric old owl and a party-crazed snake

  • Psychic Shipley sheep predicts England victory over Italy

    A psychic sheep at an animal sanctuary has predicted Italy will be like lambs to the slaughter when they face England in the Euro 2012 quarter finals on Sunday. The Swalesdale ram at the Roleystone Sanctury, Wrose, Shipley, who has been named

  • Friday, June 22, 2012

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Daniel Gregory Kane Hall, aged 24, of Brown Lee Lane, Wilsden; breach of restraining order, theft, application to revoke a community order and re-sentence, order revoked, original

  • An uphill struggle for Bel

    A mum of four is organising a women’s charity challenge to raise a “mountain of money” for a girl left paralysed by a climbing frame accident. Sophie Eddleston is hoping to attract as many women as possible on her three-pronged challenge, which starts

  • Baildon children on their marks for Torch relay

    Pupils from Glenaire Primary School in Baildon are gearing up for the Olympic Torch Relay parade on Sunday in City Park. The children have been making their own torches, posters and mascots, and will be among more than 1,000 schoolchildren taking part

  • Ice work by all on project

    More than 100 young people from across the district quizzed a panel of senior managers working in education, drug prevention and the police at Bradford Ice Arena. The Big Questions on Ice event saw students from Bradford District Pupil Referral Unit

  • Stars line up for classic Agatha Christie murder mystery

    Kate O’Mara stars in a 65th anniversary production of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Nile, coming to Bradford next month. The production, by the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, is described as “a stylish new production of the queen of crime’s classic

  • New film gives deeper insight into carers' needs

    Local health care professionals and unpaid carers are being invited to an exclusive screening of a new short film. Reflections On Caring, developed by Bradford District Care Trust and Making Space, is a new educational resource designed to give a deeper

  • Carers are finding comfort in arts and crafts

    A patchwork quilt, designed and handmade by local carers, has been unveiled in Bradford. Hanging at the HandMade in Bradford exhibition to mark Carers Week 2012, the quilt is the result of a weekly crafts group, attended by 12 carers from across the

  • Tribute show brings Rat Pack back to town

    Start spreadin’ the news – the Rat Pack is back in town. The Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr tribute act will be doing it their way, re-creating the Fifties and Sixties Vegas heyday, when the original Rat Pack served up a smooth blend

  • Grandma is inspiration for Rupert’s charity show

    Singer-songwriter Rupert Stroud is tipped as one of the hottest young acts to emerge from Yorkshire. Next week, he will be raising the roof at Ilkley Playhouse, at a charity concert boosting funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Rupert, 25, will host the

  • Hitting the heights is still tricky

    I appear to have made a mistake. I have gone to a climbing wall for our son’s ninth birthday and have worn some old climbing shoes, because I once went climbing in the Lake District with a friend who lent me the footwear. This is a mistake for two reasons

  • Hope for the future?

    SIR – This week the world has once again gathered in Rio de Janeiro to discuss how we can all continue to develop and prosper while protecting the planet. In 1992, at the Rio ‘Earth Summit,’ leaders set the world on track for sustainability, uniting

  • Where are investors?

    SIR – Thank goodness that we still have George Galloway to come to the rescue of Bradford Bulls. He did promise to help bring in investors to both Bradford Bulls and Bradford City. Or was that just a pre-election promise to get a few extra votes? Only

  • CCTV nets soccer fan disruption accused

    Two Bradford men have been among 26 people arrested by detectives after football fans clashed in Huddersfield. The arrests follow the release of CCTV images of men police wanted to speak to and were printed in the Telegraph & Argus last week. The clash

  • A drop in the ocean

    SIR – Because there has been a 0.2 per cent fall in the prices manufacturers charge, the Office of National Statistics claim it offered fresh hope for hard-pressed households (T&A, June 9). Come off it! A penny reduction in every five pounds will be

  • Working together

    SIR – The news that the MPs and Gerry Sutcliffe are working together to save the jobs at Thomas Cook is surprising – but very welcome. It’s vital that members of our political establishment should work together, rather than spend their time trying to

  • Shoppers hit again with fees for parking

    SIR – It’s bad enough that Bradford Council ruined a once lively city centre by charging extortionate rates over the years driving businesses into closure. Now they have the audacity to attempt to syphon off even more money from shoppers by installing

  • Is the writing on the wall for reading?

    Are children deterred from reading for pleasure by the time they finish primary school? The majority of 410 secondary school English teachers surveyed recently believe they are. The survey, commissioned to coincide with the publication of a new set of

  • Underage drinkers

    SIR – It was reported (T&A, June 19) that police from the Great Horton and Little Horton Neighbourhood Policing Team had seized alcohol from underage drinkers, all boys under 17. The report went on to say that the officers had explained to the youths

  • Royal overload

    SIR – Next time our supposedly intelligent and impartial media informs us that a certain country is a slave to a personality cult, we should ask if that country is Britain. What we have seen over the past few weeks and days is a slick, manipulative and

  • Charity bags galore

    SIR – I have followed recent correspondence regarding charity bags with interest. Between three and five bags arrive through my letter box each week. Leaving unused bags out for collection does not work and many of the charities ask you not to do this

  • Window of opportunity for traders

    Retailers in Bradford need every little bit of support they can get at the moment, and there is no doubt that allowing free parking in the city centre would be a massive boost. So the Council needs to think very, very carefully before dismissing the

  • Grandma is inspiration for Rupert Stroud’s charity show

    Singer-songwriter Rupert Stroud is tipped as one of the hottest young acts to emerge from Yorkshire. Next week, he will be raising the roof at Ilkley Playhouse, at a charity concert boosting funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Rupert, 25, will host the

  • Brighouse fraudster ‘part of money scam team’

    A Brighouse man who swindled millions of pounds from ex-pat investors and their friends had been jailed for conning former miners out of their redundancy money in the early 1990s, a jury heard yesterday. John Hirst, 61, was sent to prison for two-and-a-half

  • Shipley speed restrictions scheme is revised

    A new consultation is under way on controversial plans for a traffic-calming scheme in Shipley. The original scheme – designed to stop speeding and rat-running in Nab Wood and Moorhead by introducing 20mph zones – was rejected by the Shipley Area Committee

  • Four flee after Bradford car crashes into Steeton home

    A man had a miraculous escape when a car smashed into his house as he made a cup of tea. Bob Barras, 29, threw himself to the floor when the black Mercedes C220 crashed into the outside wall of the stone-built kitchen in the farmhouse he shares

  • Bradford groups sign up for dementia pledge

    Bradford took a step closer to becoming a dementia-friendly city yesterday when five organisations pledged to do more to help people with dementia and their carers live well. The Co-operative Group, Bradford Church of England Diocese, Shipley-based Health

  • Bradford pupils ready for big day at Olympiad

    More than 10,000 pupils from across the district are to take part in a day of music, art and dance at Odsal Stadium to celebrate the Olympics. The Bradford District Schools Sports and Cultural Olympiad, hosted by children’s entertainer Barney Harwood

  • Shining array of stars for festival

    Eleven new acts were today announced for this year’s Bingley Music Live festival. Organisers of the three-day event have also revealed the line-up for each stage – with The Charlatans headlining the main stage on Friday, August 31, rockers Razorlight

  • "Wife of Bradford man planned terrorism bomb attacks"

    Police found a cache of terrorist material after being called to a domestic dispute at the home a hairdresser shared with her Bradford husband, a jury was told. Beheading videos, propaganda glorifying Osama bin Laden and bomb-making guides were seized

  • Bairstow hoping to make his England mark at Headingley

    Jonny Bairstow hopes to take another notable step in his cricketing career today by making his first appearance for England on his home ground at Headingley. The Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman is in the reckoning to play in the third and final NatWest

  • Bradford traders' fears over no free parking

    Hard-pressed traders in Bradford city centre look set to lose their fight to get free on-street parking to bring in more shoppers. A Council report says 20-minute charge-free period could cost the authority up to £90,000 a year and mean doubling

  • Keighley property boss fined for bath sewage fault

    Sewage seeped into a bath after a property management company took more than a year to get a blocked toilet fixed, a Court heard. West Yorkshire Lettings, of Russell Street, Keighley, has been fined £10,000 after director Hameed Islam pleaded

  • MP slates exams shake-up ‘fantasy’

    Bradford East Lib Dem MP David Ward has dubbed radical plans to axe GCSEs and bring back O-levels as “a fantasy”. Mr Ward, a member of the Coalition Government, was responding to proposals by Education Secretary Michael Gove, contained in documents leaked

  • Search is for Bradford's Incommunities stars

    The search is under way by the district’s biggest social landlord, Incommunities, to find its star tenants of 2012. Nomination forms are now available for the popular awards, which aim to show how individuals and groups and making a positive difference

  • Bantams maintain Falkirk due no compensation for Stewart

    City will attempt to rebuff Falkirk’s latest claim for a compensation pay-out for Mark Stewart. The striker’s contract was cancelled earlier this week after Phil Parkinson made it clear he was no longer in the Valley Parade plans. But his former club