YORKSHIRE are one win away from the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals – and Jason Gillespie is hoping his Vikings are peaking at just the right time. The Headingley coach watched Alex Lees score a superb unbeaten 67 to underpin an imposing 183-4
A WOMAN accused of murder fought back tears as she told a jury she stuck a knife in her boyfriend by accident during a struggle in the bedroom at her flat. Alexia Heckles said that Scott Dunne, who was an ex-boxer, had been drinking cider and looked
THE Leeds Red Triangle League, which was formed in 1920, has been disbanded. It only had three teams 94 years ago but the Saturday league had grown to over 100 by 1921 and had as many as eight divisions in its pomp. But the advent of Sunday
EVEN more than his Olympic champion brother Alistair, Jonny Brownlee has been triathlon's Mr Dependable.Injury and illness have meant that, as well as a ridiculous number of victories in this unpredictable sport, Alistair has also bombed in a few
DEWSBURY Rams have signed Bulls centre or wing Sam Wood on dual registration.Wood, who is Dewsbury's first 'dual' signing, will provide cover following the banning of former Bulls player Ben Hellewell for an incident which occurred in a Featherstone
A GROUP of travellers has sparked more outrage - after human excrement was found on a war memorial in Bradford. Councillor David Warburton said faeces was dotted around the small patch of land off Cleckheaton Road, Low Moor - including on the Cenotaph
DEFENDING JCT600 Bradford League champions Cleckheaton will face Pudsey St Lawrence in the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup final at Undercliffe on Sunday, August 24.Cleckheaton brushed aside Division Two leaders Undercliffe by eight wickets in their
SIR – When is a GP not a doctor? Answer: When he/she is a ‘social worker’. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has just published a poll of 1,000 doctors across the UK and its results make for disturbing reading. It seems hundreds of thousands of
SIR – At the Regulatory and Appeals panel hearing (July 3) the modified application for the high tech business park (now known as Baildon Business Park) at Buck Lane was accepted virtually without question and without proper scrutiny, in spite of its
SIR – News that about £90m is to be spent on improving internet access on trains, including routes into Leeds and Sheffield is music to my ears. I have heard many folk complaining about the non-existent, or at best, very intermittent, wi-fi access
SIR – It is now public knowledge that a document on child abuse handed to the Home Secretary Leon Brittan back in the Eighties is now missing. These people must be named and shamed, or will it be covered up because they are rich. Nobody is
SIR – Replying to A Holdsworth (T&A Letters, 10 July): Pre-1945, he says, ‘Palestine was a British protectorate and Israel did not exist’. ‘Palestine’ was, in fact, just a geographical description, inherited by Turkish.Israel, he says, was ‘a piece
SIR–When this government came to power it pledged to reduce the number of animals used in vivisection. But the number of animal experiments in 2013 was the highest in nearly 30 years. There is an attempt to conceal the bad news by suggesting that
SIR – Huge numbers of people have, understandably, signed petitions objecting to any closures by Bradford Council of public toilets in Bingley, Shipley and St Ives (T&A, July 9). Labour councillor Andrew Thornton blames the cuts imposed by
CONCERNED residents have called for action after a spate of stone thefts. In one incident thieves used a metal trolley to wheel away about 15 stone slates from the roof of two cottages in Liversedge Row, off Perseverance Lane, in Great Horton,
SHOPPERS queued outside the Aldi store on Valley Road in Bradford before it was officially re-opened. The supermarket, which first opened in 1999, has been expanded to 950sqm to meet increased demand and now features an 102-space car park. It re-opened
SIR – As an OAP in need of several NHS prescription medications every month, free for 10 years now – I have not taken much notice of how much they cost per item for those who have to pay. With of course only the sick in England in that category
TWO firms have stepped up to sponsor free internet and Wi-Fi at Keighley Cougars' Lawkholme ground.ICT specialists Exa and Datacable have joined forces to provide the equipment, at Cougar Park.The facility is now available to everyone who visits the
NICOLA Adams is aiming to make more history at Glasgow 2014 as she bids to become the first female boxer to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Olympic champion Adams will be afforded star billing after her exploits in London two years ago and
ORGANISERS of Positive Bradford Day have decided to end the annual event after three years, blaming a lack of resources. The annual event was aimed at showcasing the achievements of community groups, businesses, charities and other local organisations
Police chiefs have set up a new dedicated team to crack down on "dangerous" quad bikers and motorbikers across the Bradford district.And the team has got off to a positive start, seizing five bikes, making two arrests and handing out a number
MEMBERS of Yorkshire Classic Motorcycle Club revved up for action as they competed in the West Riding Trial race, starting at a Cullingworth pub. A group of around 86 riders signed up to compete from across the country, including Kent and Tamworth in
POLICE have released this CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a vehicle theft from outside a Bradford leisure centre.A red Mitsubishi ASX 3 ClearTec was stolen from the car park at Richard Dunn Sports Centre in Odsal on
Plans to turn the empty Pavilion building on Bradford's City Park are to be applauded - and it is to be hoped they are a success and pave the way for yet more eating establishments in the city centre.This is a direct result of the Taste of Bradford
A RISE in the misuse of prescription drugs, including some over-the-counter medication available at pharmacies, has led a Bradford drug treatment charity to extend its services.The Bridge Project has re-designed its Adult Service and Stimulant Service
A motorist (pictured) who allegedly stole an "average" amount of fuel from a petrol station in Bradford is being hunted by police.The theft happened at a petrol station on Wakefield Road at about 9.30am on Wednesday, June 30. The vehicle involved
BRADFORD's Billy Harding has continued his development in the Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Cup with rounds in the Czech Republic and Germany.The 18-year-old Orange Monkey Pro Team rider from Birkenshaw was 100th in Nove Mesto na Morave, where
Two people were arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in Bradford as part of a continued crackdown by police on illegal activity within the city centre. Officers arrested a19 year-old man at Marks and Spencer on Darley Street on Friday. He was charged
Police are appealing for information to identify the owners of suspected stolen jewellery as part of an investigation into a series of burglaries.The items were traced following the arrest of a man in Bradford last week. The 27-year-old was subsequently
A MUGGER who targets his victims on buses has been jailed for 27 months for his third robbery offence. Shamraze Hussain, 24, of Carlisle Terrace, Manningham, Bradford, followed a 17-year-old girl, seizing her mobile phone as she travelled to visit
THE following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley magistrates: Jamie Bradshaw, aged 19, of Murdstone Close, West Bowling; breach of non-molestation order, six months’ conditional discharge, £55 costs. Jonathan Manning, aged 40, of
A RIDDLESDEN man who as a boy famously recovered a crucifix dropped from the German airship Hindenburg has died.Jack Gerrard and his pal Alf Butler picked-up the small cross, together with carnations and a letter, in the centre of Keighley as the Zeppelin
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Silsden: construction of two storey extension to existing farmhouse including internal alterations and modernisations to existing farmhouse also improving existing track
POLICE have appealed for information after two Tour De France themed art installations were stolen from the streets of Saltaire.The two mountain bikes, decorated by Shipley College's floristry students, had been fixed to fences on Victoria Road, but
KILDWICK Scarecrow Festival takes place next month.And two charities, Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice Manorlands and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, will share in the proceeds.Organisers of the August 15-17 event are urging people to get involved by making scarecrows
Ilkley Grammar School’s very own table tennis superstar put on a show for her fellow pupils.Kate Nixon, who is ranked fifth in the world in her age group, joined former table tennis national champion Mark Smith for an exciting display of rallies
According to the media, this is the summer of sport. Yet never before have I been so inactive. Not for a long time have I spent so much time on the sofa, glued to the television.A glut of top sporting fixtures - the World Cup, Wimbledon, and the Tour
MULTIPLE sclerosis sufferer and right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy has spoken out about the limitations of the assisted dying bill which is due to be debated in Parliament later this week. Miss Purdy, of Undercliffe, Bradford, welcomed the intervention
FORMER pupils from a Bingley school stepped back to the 1990s with a fundraising reunion following an online campaign.More than 180 former students of Beckfoot School, Wagon Lane, Bingley, were reunited for one night only, 20 years on from the completion
POLICE are investigating a serious sexual assault at the Strata nightclub in Skipton.They say a man was attacked in a cubicle in the male toilets at about 3am yesterday.Now officers want to speak to night-clubbers and, in particular, to a man who alerted
PLANS for a new inter-city rail service linking Bradford with London six times a day are now being considered by the rail regulators.Great North Eastern Railway has submitted a bid to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to run trains from King's Cross
Around 1,000 visitors flocked to the revived Baildon Carnival, which was back after a year’s absence to provide family fun at the town’s Jenny Lane Fields. Activities included a 5k fell race, a funfair, come-and-try sports sessions, a 50s-style
Two women were arrested early yesterday for fighting in Bradford city centre. Police were in the area dealing with another incident when they saw the pair fighting in Great Horton Road. They were arrested and later issued with penalty notices
CROWDS basked in the sunshine in City Park on Saturday, as Bradford’s Urban Festival, a celebration of street youth culture, drew to a close. The weather took a distinct turn for the worse before the headline artists, the British contemporary circus
A man has been charged with a public order offence following an incident on Sunday evening. Police were called to Otley Road, Bradford, at 7pm following reports of a disturbance, and a man arrested on suspicion of assault. He was later charged
Walkers from across Britain are invited to a packed weekend of guided rambles across the moor and strolls in the surrounding beautiful countryside above the Aire Valley.After the wonder of two wheels with the Tour de France, The Walking Weekend is aimed
ADAM Lyth says the catch against Leicestershire at Headingley the week before last was the harder of the two he and Yorkshire team-mate Aaron Finch have been involved in through this summer's NatWest T20 Blast. Lyth and Finch have played their
GUISELEY 0 CITY 3 The stage may have been familiar but there was a very new approach to herald the first marker of City’s campaign. Guiseley’s Nethermoor has become the traditional venue to raise the curtain for pre-season and once again a
THOUSANDS of people surrounded the Mirror Pool in Bradford last night to hear George Galloway MP and other speakers at an emergency pro-Palestine demonstration. Centenary Square was a sea of flags and placards for the Stop the Massacre: Side with
Police have mounted a murder investigation after the bodies of a man and a woman were found at a flat in Bradford. Officers were called to Sawrey Place, Little Horton, yesterday afternoon and found the couple with serious injuries. They were pronounced
Bradford Council insist former Bradford Bulls owner Omar Khan has repaid some of the £200,000 loan he got from the authority - but are refusing to say how much.The authority granted the Super League club the cash shortly after restaurant boss Mr
A Bradford primary school will likely be forced to become an academy by the Government, despite opposition from parents. Springwood Community Primary School on Wood Street, Manningham, was put into special measures after Ofsted inspectors visited
Three gardening-based groups in the Bradford district are celebrating after receiving grants to help them grow for the future.The trio was among 30 community projects to get cash from the North of England Horticultural Society.The Friends of Prince of
GOOD causes in Bradford are celebrating after being given a share of nearly £100,000 by Children in Need.The cash will be split between a Down Syndrome support group in Bingley and three projects working with disadvantaged young people in Bradford.The
A PROJECT to bring more restaurants and cafes into Bradford city centre is planning a second event, after a successful summit held earlier this year. The Taste of Bradford campaign aims to match existing and potential restaurateurs with empty premises
ANGRY communities across the district are facing a series of fresh assaults on their green spaces. After residents in Sandy Lane, Bradford, last week spoke of their determination to battle plans to build homes on pasture land off Wilsden Road,
BULLS winger Elliot Kear is aiming to force his way back into Jimmy Lowes’ plans after being sidelined for the past two games. The Wales international was dropped for the home defeat to Catalan Dragons and was left out again for Friday’s loss at
BABAR Butt rolled back the years with a match-winning innings of 95 not out as Pudsey Congs continued their march up the Division One table with a fourth win in five games at the expense of leaders Cleckheaton.The sole survivor of the Congs side which
PHIL Parkinson hopes to resolve the Jon McLaughlin situation during City’s stay in Ireland. The long-serving keeper flew out yesterday with the squad, who will take part in the first training session this morning at their base just outside Dublin
CHRIS Thompson scored a spectacular 125 not out off only 74 balls as Bradford & Bingley extended their winning run to three matches with an 83-run victory over fourth-placed Farsley at Wagon Lane. Thompson smashed 11 sixes and eight fours as
THERE were three centuries in the thrilling clash between Division C’s top two teams. Leaders Crompark made 307-7 with both Winston Charles (102) and Ali Malik (100) hitting tons. Thornbury B replied with 270-9 and Usman Hafiz (113) also reached
Girlington remain top of Group A of the Mutual Sunday School League after beating Bradford Gymkhana by six wickets. Musawar Shah took 6-16 as Gymkhana’s nine men were dismissed for 106. Salem slipped down to third place after losing to Cambing
Babar Butt rolled back the years with a match-winning innings of 95 not out as Pudsey Congs continued their march up the Division One table with a fourth win in five games at the expense of leaders Cleckheaton. The sole survivor of the Congs side
