Phil Parkinson praised City’s “intensity” in their 4-1 win at Athlone tonight. Nahki Wells, Mark Yeates, Rory McArdle and Alan Connell got the goals to sink the Airtricity League hosts. And Parkinson was delighted with the way his team stepped
Bradford Park Avenue maintained their perfect start to pre-season with a third straight victory. Northern Counties East League Premier Division neighbours Liversedge were the hosts and provided a good test for John Deacey’s men. Avenue took
City came from a goal down to comfortably see off Athlone in an entertaining opening game to their Irish tour. James Meredith deflected Neil Harney’s cross into his own net to give the Airtricity League side the lead against the run of play midway
A man has been shot in the car park of Holmewood Social Club this evening, police have confirmed. A huge operation is currently underway after the incident in which the 28-year was shot, with the road outside the club currently sealed off.
The Whartons Primary School in Otley is creating two wildflower meadows as part of the Friends of the Earth 60 Bee Worlds for the Bee Cause. Friends of the Earth wanted to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by creating 60 bee-friendly wildflower
Liversedge maintained contact with the leading clubs in the Solly Sports Central Yorkshire League First Division with a nine-wicket win at Methley A that leaves them in fourth place but only seven points adrift of leaders Hopton Mills and five behind
Oakworth will meet Haworth Road in the Mewies Solicitors League's Wynn Cup final at Haworth on Sunday, August 4. Long Lee entertained Oakworth and scored a very useful 172, with Mark Day making 38 and Haz Haider 30no as Matt House took 3-30 and
Bradford Council has been urged to take swift action after a group of travellers descended on a rugby club and set up camp after cutting through locks to gain access. The travellers’ vehicles are at Odsal Sedbergh Rugby Club in Huddersfield Road
The Foster’s Halifax League team will meet the South Yorkshire League in a semi-final of the West Yorkshire Area Cricket Council Cup at Wath-on-Dearne on Sunday, August 11 (2.00). The match will be 40 overs per side.
Running log Trail and fell-running stars Jo Buckley, Tom Adams and James Hall helped England to team gold and silver medals in international competition. Buckley (Bingley Harriers) guided England towards victory with a fine sixth-place finish
In the main the batsmen made hay while the sun shone on Saturday in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League, with six centuries scored. Conversely, there was one eight-wicket haul among the bowlers who had to toil in the heat. Division One
Wigan St Patrick’s 40, Bradford Dudley Hill 6 Bradford Dudley Hill’s hopes of pulling off another giant-killing act in their National Conference Trophy quarter-final tie at Wigan St Patrick’s suffered a major blow after they crossed the Pennines
The sun is shining, quite literally, on Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title bid – and Darren Gough believes that will play right into their hands. Ahead of tomorrow’s clash with relegation-threatened Derbyshire at Chesterfield, Gough thinks
Foster’s Halifax League leaders Jer Lane have won through to this season’s Parish Cup final. They will face Booth at Blackley on Sunday, August 4. Jer Lane defeated holders SBCI by five wickets after dismissing their hosts for 137
After Salem Athletic’s defeat of previous leaders Windhill, only one point separates five teams at the top of Bradford Evening League Division One. Opener Mohammed Bilal (53no) led the way, with vital support provided by Waheed
Ingrid Fernandes, a community colleague for ASDA's Cemetery Road branch, has presented Farnham Primary School with their Kwik Cricket trophy for winning the West Bradford area competition at Great Horton Church Cricket club.
A bad weekend has just got a whole lot worse for Pudsey St Lawrence. Saints, who were knocked out of the JCT600 Bradford League’s Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup by Lightcliffe in the semi-final, have been disqualified from the Dyson
Shipley MP Philip Davies today questioned whether there were enough “charismatic and entertaining people” presenting horse-racing on Channel 4. He said that ratings for horse-racing show The Morning Line were down and added: "You wonder whether
JCT600 Bradford League Division Two leaders Farsley strengthened their position on a day when their two closest challengers lost. Farsley defeated Bankfoot by 76 runs and saw their lead stretch to 33 points as Spen Victoria slumped to a four-wicket
Division Two of the Aire-Wharfe League was rocked by a series of surprise results that mean all 12 clubs have a stake in either promotion or relegation. Only nine points separate Rawdon at the top from Green Lane in seventh place, while Bolton
Up to 70 real ales will be on offer at this year’s Keighley Beer Festival. The event, by the Campaign for Real Ale, will be held in Central Hall at Alice Street. The festival, from September 26 to 28, has also been chosen to host the strong mild
A brother and sister have battled injuries and car trouble to raise cash for their mother’s charity. Gary and Vicki Sykes collected almost £800 for the Freedom of Spirit Trust for Border Collies, based at Mainline Border Collie Centre at Golcar
Music fans can get a free ticket to next month’s Bingley Music Live if they volunteer at the three-day festival. There are a variety of roles to be filled and the deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday. Application forms are available at
Police have appealed for witnesses after a house in Haworth was burgled. The house in Lees Lane was broken into between 8am and 6pm on Tuesday, July 2, with the burglars taking cash and jewellery. Witnesses had seen two males on Lees Lane near
The developer behind a delayed development of nine houses in Oakworth, Keighley, has been given another three years to start construction. PA Snell and Sons was given planning permission for nine houses on a site south-west of 15 Church Street
The rural beauty of Laycock and the surrounding area has led to a second wind turbine being refused in the village this month. Earlier this month a 24 metre high turbine at Tarn Lane was refused because of its potential impact on visitors to nearby
Baildon Jitsu Club have won an international demonstration event for the second time. Having triumphed at Spartanburgh in the United States four years ago, they have repeated the dose in Edinburgh – much to the delight of club manager Jyoti Soren
A group of students at Tong High School won the best newcomer award at the Bradford Step Up Market Challenge for their business Sprinkle Pops. Pupils Kelsey St Clair, Amy Wrigglesworth and Phoebe Smith created the company selling cake pops.
Proposals to build a new community building in Silsden Park are continuing behind-the-scenes. Silsden mayor Chris Atkinson is in talks with sports groups about what would be needed in such a facility. He and fellow town councillor Adrian Naylor
A Question Time will be held in Keighley next Wednesday, July 24, at 1pm for those aged 16 to 25. Young people will be able to speak directly to decision-makers such as councillors, university bosses, business leaders and community activists.
Matt Walmsley has been named the winner of a search to find a theologian. He is the son of the Reverend Derek Walmsley, Vicar of St Mark’s, Utley, Keighley, where Matt was a member of the youth group. He is now on the leadership team of Christian
Traffic has come to a slow crawl after a horse and cart were involved in an accident with a car on Dudley Hill Roundabout in Bradford. It happened shortly before 11.30am today causing vehicles to queue back to the Asda supermarket in Rooley Lane
Bulls prop Adam Sidlow has been ruled out for the rest of the season after it was revealed the knee injury he sustained against Wigan will sideline him for 12 weeks. The close-season signing from Salford and Matty Blythe were struck down by knee
The BBC broadcast a businessman's four-letter outburst before the watershed by accident because programme makers could not understand a “strong Bradford accent”. A member of the public complained about the BBC2 show Bradford: City Of Dreams, which
A play due to be staged at the Alhambra in November has been postponed because actress Lynda Bellingham has been diagnosed with cancer. A Passionate Woman was scheduled to tour to the Alhambra from November 25-30 as part of the theatre’s autumn
Bradford Council has followed in the steps of other major UK cities to oppose enforced destitution on asylum seekers. Cross-party support was given at a Full Council meeting this week when Labour Councillor Nazam Azam put forward a motion to make
Cyclists are being given the chance to ride the local section of next year’s Tour de France route – and raise money for Sue Ryder at the same time. The Ride le Route will take in the 40-mile Bradford section to be covered by the world-famous race
A ceremony at the Houses of Parliament celebrated the work of children who are helping disabled people. Pudsey MP Stuart Andrew hosted the event, attended by Prime Minister David Cameron, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin
There was a mixture of tears and smiles as a Bradford school was renamed after 13 years. To mark the change at Challenge College, Frizinghall, students planted a commemorative tree and scattered wild seeds in the school grounds One thousand balloons
An “inexcusable” fall in apprenticeships for under-19s across the district sparked a call for Whitehall to be stripped of responsibility. Labour peer Lord Adonis said the figures showed the Government was failing to solve a skills “crisis” that
Former employees of Bradford’s Grattan Warehouse gathered for a reunion more than 40 years since they last worked together. Rota Wood, who organised the get-together, said: “The laughter was long and loud as memories were re-lived – and there was
A six-year-old dancer who suffered crippling back pain has avoided having metal rods put in her spine – thanks to a new exercise regime. Dominique Benson, from Hollings Road, off Whetley Lane, Bradford, was terrified of having major surgery to
Carers and older people in Bradford are invited to monthly sessions to help them relax and feel good. Organised by the Carers’ Resource, Time for Me is about giving carers and older people tips to help them take time out, relax, tackle stress,
A home for disabled people is raising cash with a sponsored wheelchair push and hopes firms will back the fundraising efforts. St Ives Young Disabled Unit in Bingley is hosting the event on Sunday. Activity co-ordinator Chelsea Ostryzniuk said
A super slimmer has lost more than four stone in less than a year. As well as looking great and feeling fitter 20-year-old Laura Elchaar has been named Young Slimmer of the Year 2013 at the Burley-in-Wharfedale Slimming World group. Now her
When Emma Taylor was a little girl, she loved visiting a Dutch flower shop. “My dad lives in Medemblik in Holland and there’s a beautiful florist’s in a medieval building. It has a brick-patterned ceiling, and amazing trees and a pretty garden
The value of talking with children is being pushed even higher up the agenda in schools because of the Talking Children Charter. Schools across the district are involved in the Charter and building up to presenting it to the Lord Mayor of Bradford
Three Bradford toddler groups have won top awards in the UK’s Parenting Oscars – making them officially some of the best in Britain. The three groups – BD4 Family Parent and Toddler Group run from St John’s Church Hall, East Bowling; First Fruits
It is time the Government got control of who is entering and leaving the country according to Shipley’s Tory MP. Philip Davies believes the targets for exit checks set for 2015 will not be met as the programme is “painfully slow”. Speaking
More than £3 million will be spent improving a traffic bottleneck on the main route between Bradford and Leeds. Traffic signals and bus lanes will be installed at the Thornbury Barracks roundabout, between the Thornbury gyratory and the Leeds outer
Hopes of a sustained economic recovery have been boosted by two reports showing a dramatic rise in business confidence among firms across the North. New findings also show that the number of distressed companies in Yorkshire fell by 45 per cent
A 26-year-old man accused of raping a woman has been found not guilty by a jury. Hersh Sadi, of Heddon Grove, Little Horton, Bradford, had denied charges of rape, an alternative of attempted rape and a further charge of sexual assault, involving
A members’ club in a residential area of Bradford has been granted permission to hold public events, despite concerns from locals about nuisance noise. The police had encouraged the Polish Parish Club (pictured), in Edmund Street, Bradford, to
School staff and students have been peddling the benefits of riding bikes. Cycling charity Sustrans is working in Bradford to encourage children to cycle to school. Titus Salt School pupils were visited by Barry Firth, of Firth Cycles, Queensbury
Floral displays and trim grass verges could soon be the latest casualty of cost-cutting measures by Bradford Council. With the authority having to tighten its belt in the coming year, fewer flowers will be planted, grass cut less regularly and
SIR – There is only one football club left in Britain that now flies the Union flag – Glasgow Rangers. Will First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond be able to put an end to that? I have read somewhere that everyone should attend an Old Firm derby
SIR – I agree 100 per cent with Judith Bond (Letters, July 9) – there are too many people leaving their dogs to suffer in their car in the hot weather. If my husband and I are planning on taking our dogs out with us in the car/van,we stop to think
SIR – Just a thought – if criminals were dealt with using appropriate full sentencing (life meaning life), not the mamby-pamby ruling of the European Court, it is argued that; a) the police would not be overrun by repeat offenders. b) It would
Ten homes had to be evacuated in the early hours today after a gas boiler and pipes were stolen from a flat in Holme Wood, Bradford. Residents rang emergency services at about 1am to report a strong smell of gas coming from the Incommunities-owned
SIR – Recently, I had the unpleasant experience of seeing David Cameron on TV, telling everyone who’d listen that Abu Qatada was such a terrible man and deporting him was a great result! I’m sorry, but I don’t think eight years and £1.7 million
SIR – While it is normal practice for an incoming boss to identify the supposed shortcomings in a predecessor’s policy and to cite these as being responsible for initial poor profitability, to do so after three years – as is the case with the current
SIR – It is with interest I have followed the Media Museum saga along with Westfield shopping mall, Odeon, or other ideas. A city the size of Bradford with no main central library, only little individual units here and there. Have we no councillors
SIR – John Pashley (Letters, July 10) is absolutely right in suggesting that changes should be made to the menu of the refurbished cafe at the National Media Museum. We attended the excellent showing from the C H Wood Archive and we planned to
SIR – If an admission fee is not introduced to the National Media Museum, it is imperative revenue is maximised from its cinema screens and the IMAX cinema. New films are constantly being advertised and, in the case of big budget films, a large
Bradford has a strong tradition with school meals. Green Lane Primary was the first school in the country to introduce school meals after the city’s educationalist Margaret McMillan and MP Fred Jowett lobbied Parliament to introduce the service
A small minority of presumably young and undoubtedly stupid drivers have decided to use some of Bradford’s streets as their own personal race track, leading one firefighter to liken the area they use to German racetrack the Nurburgring. The problem
Omar Khan admits the Bulls simply must beat Hull FC on Friday and has urged supporters to turn out in force for the club’s biggest game of the season. After nine defeats in their last ten Super League outings, nothing less than victory will do
A city park cafe and boathouse almost destroyed by fire will be repaired as soon as insurers have assessed the damage. Police think Saturday night’s blaze in Lister Park might have been started deliberately. When firefighters arrived, the storage
Pupils at Crossley Hall Primary School, Fairweather Green, Bradford, had a fishy Friday treat organised as a reward for their proven love of reading. Head teacher Michael Thorp has been running a “Hook-a-Book” scheme to encourage reluctant readers
An Army team has run a ‘rocket challenge’ for young future scientists and engineers at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. As well as getting the chance to see a replica of the Bloodhound rocket car up close, more than 150 children attending the festival
A 22-year-old man has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting being a farmer at a small cannabis factory. Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday police were called to reports of a disturbance in Rochester Street, Bradford Moor,
A scooter rider suffered broken bones in a collision with a car in Bradford at about 5.15pm yesterday in Rooley Lane, between Tong Street and the M606. Rooley Lane was closed in both directions until 6.18pm, said a police spokesman, causing lengthy
Police are appealing for help in finding a 13-year-old girl who failed to return home after school yesterday. Bethany Pemberton, who police say has a bright pink pot on her right arm, was last seen at Appleton Academy in Wyke just after 3pm.
Phil Parkinson will use City’s time in Ireland to decide if they need a short-term replacement for Andy Gray. The striker was due to see a specialist over the broken arm that will force him out for the start of the season. As City prepare for
Blood testing staff in Bradford were today starting a 24-hour strike over patient safety. Hospital pathologists, who test blood samples and monitor blood transfusions, started the industrial action at 8.30am at Bradford Royal Infirmary, St James
A team of British archaeology experts, including two from Bradford University, have discovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest ‘calendar’. The Mesolithic monument, believed to have been created by hunter-gatherer societies and dating
Like any true Dubliner, James O’Brien has the gift of the gab – and he has two words to describe his exit from Valley Parade. The easy-going midfielder is due to line up against his old club for Athlone Town tonight in the first match of City’s
A fire chief has called for a clampdown on “idiot” drivers who are dicing with death in Bradford after an area of the city was likened to the Nurburgring race track in Germany. Drivers and quad bike riders have been speeding on streets around the
A controversial decision to introduce permits at Bradford Council household tips was based on “half a job” research, the Tories have claimed. The permit scheme was set up by the Council’s Labour administration earlier this year as a cost-saving
After bad weather scuppered last year’s famous Bingley Show, it is back, and promises to be bigger and better than ever this Saturday. The 132nd showpiece at Myrtle Park has fun for all the family guaranteed with a visit from the Grand National-winning
A woman who survived a barber’s attempt to stab her and set them both on fire has given a harrowing account of what happened to a Bradford inquest into his death. Police followed a trail of blood to find Helena Demeterova, who had been seen fleeing
Next year’s Tour De France arts festival, which will bring 100 days of cultural events to the district, will be run by one of the country’s top festival organisers. Maria Bota will be at the helm of the festival which will get under way 100 days
A police chief has declared that Bradford is winning the war on gun crime after revealing there were only three shootings on the city’s streets in six months. Bradford District Chief Inspector Dan Greenwood hailed its hard-hitting Operation Sabredale
What nearly became rubbish more than three decades ago is the latest treasure to join a village archive at a college. A six-foot map of the Aire Valley – believed to date from the 1840s – was rescued from a journey to the tip by historian and property
A cocaine gang jailed for more than 40 years for running a crack factory in the centre of Bradford has been ordered to hand over tens of thousands of pounds of its ill-gotten gains. Seven men, including four from Bradford, were locked up last October
