Brighton 2, Leeds 2 Craig Mackail-Smith continued his impressive record of scoring every time he has played Leeds in senior football but missed a second-half penalty with a hat-trick beckoning as Brighton were held to a draw. With the game
Frankie Gavin has vowed to start realising his potential after seizing Junior Witter’s British welterweight title at York Hall. Gavin’s dominance against Bradford veteran Witter, the former WBC world light-welterweight champion, was reflected on
Sisters Sian and Helen Kelly teamed up as part of the England under-13s badminton team that won a bronze medal at an international tournament in Denmark. The Woodhouse Grove School pupils played as a doubles partnership in the Greve Strands event
Two established promoters are looking to bring speedway and stock car racing back to Bradford after an absence of 15 years. Tony Mole, who resurrected the two-wheeled sport at Workington’s Derwent Park in 1999 and more recently Birmingham’s Perry
Joe Root is determined to make the most of his time with the England squad in India – even if he does not break into the Test team. The Yorkshire opener is battling it out with Nick Compton of Somerset to partner new captain Alastair Cook at the
A teenager was being quizzed tonight in connection with a string of armed robberies at shops and post offices across Bradford. Armed police arrested a 17-year-old youth in Bolton Hall Road, Bolton Woods, Bradford, this afternoon, and he remained
Running Log Wharfedale Harriers were out in strength for the Bronte Way Fell Race – the day after taking the team prize at the Great Whernside Fell Race. Conditions were grey and damp for the Keighley & Craven AC-organised event, which
Short-story writers looking for inspiration have been invited to a council-run workshop next Saturday, November 10. To coincide with Short Story Week, writer Sue Wood will give a beginners and improvers workshop. The workshop will be held in
The front end of a Boeing 737 aircraft fuselage has been lifted into the grounds of a school to provide a realistic learning environment for tourism students. The 32ft long and 12ft wide fuselage was helped into place at the International Food
The Avenue staff and players have been centre stage this week but manager John Deacey feels tomorrow’s FA Cup tie should be all about the club’s supporters. Before Avenue headed off to Doncaster Rovers for the first-round tie, Deacey said: “I don
West Riding County FA Sunday Cup second-round ties take precedence for Bradford Sunday Alliance League clubs this week and they feature two all-domestic clashes. Division One side George Hotel entertain Premier opposition in the form of Sandy Lane
Post boxes celebrating Olympic and Paralympic successes will remain gold permanently in celebration of their phenomenal success, the Royal Mail announced yesterday. That includes those boxes to honour the achievements of paralympic archer Danielle
GOALS Bradford will be hosting an official five-a-side ‘Movember’ football tournament to help raise money and awareness about prostate and testicular cancer next month. The Movember Cup event takes place at the Kings Road venue on Sunday, November
Unbeaten Bradford City find themselves slipping behind the two leading clubs in the Northern Women’s Combination League after three successive postponements but are hoping for better luck for their trip to lowly Cheadle Heath on Sunday. With County
People can help keep Wilsden clean by taking part in a litter pick. A team will clean up around the village on Saturday November 10, starting outside the village hall on Townfield at 9.30am. Equipment will be provided. A spokesman said:
A six-vehicle pile-up has caused traffic chaos on the M62 this afternoon. Police were called to reports of a crash on the westbound carriageway at junction 25, near Brighouse, at about 2.15pm. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said three people
The Dennyboys were boosted by the return of two players from injury last weekend, with Keenan Ratcliffe and Dempsey Smith involved in the home win over Winterton Rangers. Thackley spokesman Mick Lodge said: “We didn’t expect either playing but
A book-gifting scheme for youngsters on a Bradford estate has received a donation from the Lord Mayor’s appeal. Canterbury Imagine welcomed Councillor Dale Smith to its launch event, where he delighted families and organisers by handing over a
The closing date for applications for head coach and player-coach passed at midnight on Wednesday so the Eagles are ready for the next stage in the process of appointing Ian Banks’ successor. Eccleshill’s chairman of football Adrian Benson said
Leeds’ search for a world-class centre is likely to stretch into the 2013 season, Rhinos chief executive Gary Hetherington has admitted. The Super League champions switched their focus to a new three-quarter after moving Zak Hardaker to full back
GP practices, dentists, opticians and pharmacists are being given extra help to make their services and premises easier for disabled people to access. All primary care services have been provided with a new local NHS guide which gives them information
FUN SIZE (12A, 90 mins) *** Starring Victoria Justice, Jane Levy, Osric Chau, Thomas Mann, Jackson Nicoll, Thomas McDonell, Chelsea Handler, Thomas Middlemarch, Abby Elliott, Johnny Knoxville, Josh Pence. Director: Josh Schwartz Set on October
Fresh fruit and veg lovingly grown by Keighley gardeners will soon be on sale at a local produce shop behind the town’s library. Pies, bread soups and stews will also be on offer at the Local Produce Shop, which will nestle beside the Keighley
While robots will give a boost to an expanding packaging firm, a technology manufacturer has clinched a major national deal to install mobile scanning equipment across the UK for a leading freight distribution company. Extra robot technology has
Leo Sayer will be taking a journey through his 40-year career when he appears in Bradford next week. The singer has had 15 Top 20 singles, including two No 1s, eight Top Ten albums, 150 million records sales, more than 200 gold, platinum and silver
The chairman of Bradford Council’s health scrutiny committee has reported a “constructive” meeting with the chief executive of Bradford Royal Infirmary, as he makes inquiries about the chain of events that led to the death of a former Lord Mayor of
A broken down train is causing disruption to passengers travelling between Skipton and Bradford. Transport authority Metro said a train which has broken down at Steeton and Silsden is causing delays of up to 40 minutes between Skipton and Bradford
Andrew Davies has been ruled out of City’s plans for “three to four months” to leave Phil Parkinson desperately chasing a new centre half. Luke Oliver is already sidelined until the summer and now it has been confirmed that his regular partner’
Police have started an investigation into an alleged robbery in Bradford this morning. Officers have placed a cordon around the front and the back of The Co-operative store on Otley Road and are currently at the scene. A nearby businessman
The Live Room in Saltaire plays host to two American singer songwriters tonight. Gregory Alan Isakov, influenced by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Iron and Wine and Kelly Joe Phelps, has been described as ‘strong, subtle, a lyrical genius’. He
ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop drew critical praise and standing ovations at its world premiere last year. Blending hip hop, comedy and physical theatre, the show is a Olivier award-nominated ZooNation and Sadler’s Wells production. With
You might assume anyone aged 100 would be the eldest member of their family. But amazingly Kartari Chand, who celebrated the milestone birthday yesterday, has an older man in her life – 106-year-old husband Karam. Mr and Mrs Chand were married
Three options are being considered for the long-term future of a Council-run day centre catering for adults with disabilities, which was earmarked for closure last year to cut costs. Whetley Hill Resource Centre was given a temporary reprieve following
A green light has been given to the building of a major waste plant in the city as part of a 25-year £300 million contract to deal with household waste from Bradford and Calderdale. Members of Bradford Council’s regulatory and appeals committee
Keighley Town Council has won recognition from English Heritage for its £1 million revamp of the town’s disused former police station. The council missed out on a bid to secure funding from English Heritage’s Angel Awards, but received a certificate
Jools Holland has met just about everyone who is anyone in the music business. But the pianist, songwriter, bandleader and broadcaster still gets starstruck. “Sam Brown and I wrote a song for Dionne Warwick. I practically wept when she sang
The Christians are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a date in Bradford. The soul-influenced group, who had hits in the 1980s and 90s including Forgotten Town, Harvest For The World, Born Again, Ideal World, and Hooverville, are showcasing
It was singing Ella Fitzgerald’s Lullaby Of Birdland that got shy teenager Elaine Bookbinder noticed. The 15-year-old landed her first paid gig, at a Manchester club, then joined a pop package tour led by impresario Don Arden. That was in 1960
RUST AND BONE (15, 122 mins) **** Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Corinne Masiero, Mourad Frarema, Celine Sallette. Director: Jacques Audiard Love is messy and chaotic in Jacques Audiard’s grimly compelling
FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL... (18, 85 mins) *** Starring Ari Graynor, Lauren Anne Miller, Justin Long, James Wolk, Mark Webber, Mimi Rogers, Don McManus, Nia Vardalos, Seth Rogen, Lawrence Mandley. Director: Jamie Travis So-written by lead actress
A Baildon man has received solicitor’s letters from Bradford Council warning him to dismantle a community garden which he has cultivated for 14 years by next week. Matthew Robinson began tending the Council-owned land while recovering from cancer
A fed-up resident says he and his neighbours are “living in misery” at their sheltered accommodation complex in Bradford. Alexander McKnight has criticised Incommunities, the company that runs Shuttleworth House on Thornton Road. The 68-year-old
Twelve members of staff at a Bradford opticians are competing to pull in the most money by growing moustaches during 'Movember'. Most members of the teams at Specsavers in Darley Street and in Girlington normally report for duty clean-shaven, but
The Bishop of Bradford has called on Philip Davies’s Shipley constituents to “question his response” after the MP spoke out against a proposed Parliamentary bill to outlaw selling scrap metal for cash. The Bishop, the Right Reverend Nick Baines
He’s known as the bad boy of Strictly Come Dancing, working his partners hard and ruffling feathers among the judges. And when this series of BBC1’s hit Saturday night show is over, Brendan will be keeping his dancing shoes on for a UK tour coming
the hills are alive this autumn, with two productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound Of Music. First up is Bingley Amateur Operatic Society, which is staging the popular show from November 12 to 17 at Bingley Arts Centre. The
SIR – I am in the process of writing about my experiences in Wharfedale children’s home during 1961/2 (I am now 61). Unfortunately, I am having difficulty finding any photographs of the aforementioned home. I was hoping somebody could point me
SIR – Ms Hunt’s letter (T&A, October 25) begins by condemning Mr Turner’s letter (T&A, October 20) accusing Bradford Council of neglecting Wyke (not Oakenshaw, Odsal or Low Moor), but her points support him. The investment in Appleton Academy
SIR – I went to see Happy Days by Keighley Amateurs, what a super performance yet again. The cast and crew were brilliant – Matt Gardner as Richie Cunningham, Carolyn Ellis as Pinky and Mark Allen as The Fonz. A flawless show by all. Well done
SIR – My first viewing of James Bond was at a cinema in Leeds which shared a double-billing of Dr No and From Russia with Love, starring Sean Connery. My visit to the cinema on Monday to see the latest movie, Skyfall, was my first viewing of a
SIR – Did you have a special word which meant collecting wood for bonfire night? If so, please let me know exactly where you lived and the decades in which you used that word there. Please send information to garethwhittaker99@hotmail.com.
SIR – I found it amusing to see Philip Davies MP claim in the Commons recently that the home for the working classes is the Conservative Party. Coming from a man who wants to scrap the Minimum Wage, this might be considered a tad contradictory.
SIR – We now have the Government selling the lease on one of our heritage buildings – Admiralty Arch – presumably to be turned into a luxury hotel for those who can afford to stay there. Not many of us “plebs” staying there, I would imagine. Members
SIR – Some time ago I wrote about the Roleystone Horse Sanctuary at Wrose. We are desperate for help with the many jobs that we have in and around our stables. In my last letter, I said that we need kennels for our four dogs to replace those destroyed
25 years ago: David Hockney’s 87-year-old mother Laura walked into an art exhibition and was astonished to find works by Bradford’s top international artist hanging from overhead heating pipes. 50 years ago: Bradford Labour members of the Bradford
The cynical exploitation of loopholes in the law to profiteer from the creation of substances that produce so-called “legal highs” has been allowed to go on for far too long. So the new moves by the Government to effectively ban the cannabis imitation
The Prime Minister told the House of Commons earlier this week that there was no change to Government policy on renewable energy. This followed comments by Energy Minister David Hayes strongly suggesting that Britain had enough onshore wind turbines
File this under “Don’t Try This At Home”. Because I’m about to go old codgerish on you and talk about Bonfire Nights of my youth, in which safety wasn’t often a consideration but maximum enjoyment was. Therefore, you may wish to keep this page
The Labour leader of Bradford Council has paid tribute to his Liberal Democrat opponents for their help in delivering Government funds for the £35 million city centre Growth Zone. The scheme has been hailed by Business Secretary Vince Cable as
Five Bradford men are due to appear in Court today charged with fraud offences in connection with an alleged Nigerian travellers cheques scam. The five, who are all aged in their 20s and 30s, are thought to be of Nigerian descent. It has emerged
The victim of a sudden death at a house in Bradford has been named by police. Donald Fairer, 61, of Knowles Lane, Holme Wood, is believed to have been found at the address by a member of his family on Tuesday lunchtime. Emergency services attended
A “legal high” which left four Bradford schoolboys in hospital is set to be banned in a Government drugs crackdown. West Yorkshire Police’s drugs co-ordinator yesterday revealed that four teenage schoolboys from Bradford needed hospital treatment
A woman staff member was pinned down during a terrifying robbery at a care home. The 22-year-old woman was held down on a sofa by two suspects who made off with two safes containing a large amount of money. Detectives today released an e-fit
City could bank up to £300,000 from playing Arsenal as Julian Rhodes called for the cup cash to keep rolling in. The club are looking at their biggest windfall since the Premier League days after Sky confirmed they will be showing next month’s
Francis Cummins insists every player in his new Bulls era will be there for the right reasons. Cummins is rebuilding a leaner squad at Odsal in the wake of the administration that brought the club to their knees last season. The former assistant
Carl McHugh admits he still cannot sleep because of the buzz of slaying Wigan. The Irish teenager produced a heroic performance for City at the DW Stadium in only his fourth senior game. McHugh will continue his central-defensive partnership
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Connor Bateson, aged 23, of Meadow Rise, Bierley; speeding, £100 fine, £165 costs, licence endorsed. Edward Marc Greaves, aged 26, of Aireville Drive, Keighley; driving without
Junior Witter was left on the brink of retirement from the boxing ring after losing his British welterweight crown tonight. Bradford’s former world champion became the oldest holder of the domestic title when he took it from Colin Lynes in May.
