THE RUGBY League World Cup, which went missing for two decades up to 1990 after being stolen from a Bradford hotel, has been fitted with a GPS tracking device so it can never be lost again. The trophy, commissioned by French Federation president
A BRADFORD pensioner recovering after being lost on freezing moors overnight has revealed how he didn’t know whether or not he would survive until the morning after he fell and broke his arm. Stephen Wright, 70, was found thanks to his Endomondo
A CHURCH in Clayton is playing its part in Battle's Over, an international commemoration marking the end of World War One. St John's Church, The Avenue, is welcoming people to join in its celebrations, which will begin at 9.30am on Remembrance
A MEDICAL secretary has told a jury she had no idea her home was being used for cocaine distribution and was very angry when she found out. Julie Firth, who works at the paediatric unit at Bradford Royal Infirmary, is on trial at Bradford Crown
Bradford (Park Avenue) will be hosting a programme and badge fayre on Sunday. Entry will be £1 for adults and free for children, with the fayre open from 10am until 1pm at Horsfall. Refreshments will be available.
The top three sides in the West Riding County Amateur League - Golcar United, Lower Hopton and Littletown - will be seeking to distance themselves from the teams below them as they all have home games. Leaders Golcar United will host Steeton Reserves
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) are at Horsfall Stadium on Sunday as they welcome Wetherby Athletic. Their West Riding Premier opponents crashed out of the League Cup 6-0 to Farsley Junior firsts, who play Second Division leaders Ossett United Reserves at
A BUSINESS owner has been fined after dumping rubbish and setting it on fire. A court heard the local water supply had been affected and one resident had been unable to sleep because of chest and throat problems. The rubbish was dumped on
WHEN Sam Meekosha returned from the war, in January 1919, he appeared on the front page of the Bradford Weekly Telegraph, hailed the city's hero. "Bradford Man of the Week" said the headline above his photograph. Inside were more photographs, taken
SIR - We have reached the stage where there is an urgent need to ban the sale of fireworks and only have organised events. The events on the weekend and especially November 5 highlight the need for all MPs in Bradford to get together to call for a
A NEW Bradford City shop will open its doors in The Broadway tomorrow. The temporary store - located on Broadway’s Petergate Mall - will be open seven days a week. It will be packed full of official Bradford City merchandise, including everything
SIR - At the beginning of the year Bradford's senior Judge, Jonathan Durham Hall, assured us that enough was enough and danger drivers could expect a custodial sentence. More recently he stated that those who ignored blue lights would also be jailed
CITY'S injury jinx has stuck again with news that Sean Scannell has been ruled out for at least three months with a stress fracture in his back. The winger will visit a spinal specialist next week to reveal the full extent of the injury, which is
SATURDAY Night Fever is so synonymous with the Bee Gees’ disco hits that it’s easy to forget there was darkness behind the glitter ball in the 1977 movie. Four decades on, a new stage production pays homage to the film; capturing the energy with
THE First World War gave women new opportunities in employment. For many, it was an opportunity to join the workforce which they were previously denied. Women everywhere were wearing uniforms in a variety of roles, from delivering post to serving
BRADFORD City Women travel to South Yorkshire this weekend to take on Doncaster Rovers Belles in a real six-pointer at the bottom of the FA Women’s Northern Premier Division. City sit rock bottom, still without a league win, with Belles directly
A NEW website has been launched to remember the men of Gomersal who lost their lives fighting for their country. In 2013, the Little Gomersal Community Association (LGCA) took the lead on a project to mark the centenary of World War One using a
PUBLIC Services students from Bradford College laid crosses in honour of fallen soldiers as part of a service to mark the centenary of The Armistice which brought the First World War to an end. More than 60 students from the college took part in
In the latest edition of our new weekly look back through the T&A picture archives, here are three rugby teams from years gone by. Do you recognise any of the players? DRIGHLINGTON 1979: They include W. Garside, B. Fisher, G. Evans, D. Bateman
A ROAD will be closed while a £25,000 gas network upgrade gets underway. Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is due to start the work on November 29, with an estimated duration of two weeks. It will see 157 metres of old metallic main replaced with durable
A woman left paralysed after being "catapulted" from her new bed during sex has lost her seven-figure claim for damages against the bed supplier. Claire Busby, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, suffered a serious injury to her spine when she fell from the
FORMER City chief operating officer James Mason has urged fans to get behind Julian Rhodes' attempts to revitalise the club. His return to Valley Parade this week has been largely welcomed as a positive move. Rhodes is back in a consultancy
THE Prime Minister quoted First World War poetry while she thanked fallen troops for being "staunch to the end against odds uncounted" as she paid her respects to mark the centenary of Armistice. Theresa May is visiting war cemeteries in Belgium
NEARLY 60 households in Bradford are still watching television in black and white. New figures released by TV Licensing show that after more than 50 years of colour transmissions, 59 households in Bradford hold a black and white TV licence. That
WEST Bowling have been given a 'massive shot in the arm' after seven of its former players have been handed professional prizes. The magnificent seven have won, or been nominated for, a total of 12 awards for this season. Winger Kieran Brining
BINGLEY All Saints Church is to host one of just four Yorkshire performances of a new play about conflict through the ages - To End All Wars. The production by Follow the Fleece Company uses melody and poetry to cover pleas for peace from the Trojan
CROSSFLATTS Village Society, supported by Incommunities, have created a memorial garden display to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Following an approach from the village society earlier this year, the housing group agreed to
BRADFORD'S first ever 'Baby Week' will take place later this month. Organised by Better Start Bradford and partners, the event, which will run from November 19 to 24, will host more than 40 events across the district. They will include fun events for
THE Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Zafar Ali has attended a special event at Harden War Memorial to launch an online archive created by Harden Parish Council. The special digital archive is available to members of the public interested in local history
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Heckmondwike Kirklees CID would like to speak to anyone who has information, or who witnessed the incident, which took place on Church Street on Wednesday, November 1, between
JIM O'Brien says he hopes to extend his stay with City and insists he is in it for the long haul. The midfielder, who is back in the squad for the Bantams' FA Cup first round trip to Aldershot Town on Saturday, hopes he has done enough to extend
POLICE have charged a 21-year-old man from Bradford with robberies at two branches of McDonald's. The charges relate to incidents which occurred at the fast food restaurants in Forster Square on November 1 and Idle on November 6. Cameron Woodhead
DAVID Hopkin knows first-hand about the importance of the FA Cup. He was a Chelsea player when they lost 4-0 to Manchester United in the competition's final in 1994, but was not involved in the matchday squad. He also enjoyed a more uplifting
A SERIES of temporary road closures will be in place across the district on Friday and Sunday to allow Remembrance parades and processions to pass safely through their routes. Details of the location and time of closures can be found in the list
BRADFORD CITY ANGLING ASSOCIATION ON the rivers, coarse-fishing anglers report chub to 5lb from the Swale at Topcliffe, taken on bread crust with cheese paste. Barbel seem to be less active now, but Andy Fieldhouse had a fish on past-wrapped
NAIL biting and kicking every ball have been some of the ways Jim O'Brien has got rid of his frustrations at being confined to the sidelines. During his five weeks out through a hamstring injury, the former Coventry City and Ross County midfielder
BRADFORD Salem chairman Neil Klenk thinks that it is time for clubs to be hit in the pocket for forfeiting county cup ties. There may be the carrot of a Twickenham final next season for them all, but of the scheduled 27 matches this weekend in either
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) manager Mark Bower is thrilled that young winger Lewis Knight has signed a new contract with the club. Knight has become a regular starter for Bower's side, who, after earning seven points from three tough league games last
ON paper playing a mid-table Conference Premier team in the FA Cup might be just what City need right now, however the form guide might suggest otherwise. While David Hopkin's men have lost all of their last six League One games, The Shots are on
‘WHAT Britain and the world will look like after Brexit’ was the title of the second annual Harold Wilson lecture at the University of Bradford last night. Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central, has a wealth of experience in Government
THE demolition of Bingley's former courthouse and one-time police station is set to go ahead. Cottingley-based Cox 22 Ltd bought the premises, in Bradford Road, earlier this year. At the time, director Donald Jaggar, said considerable work would
A BRADFORD woman “knew full well” that her home was being used to distribute large quantities of cocaine, a jury heard. Julie Firth’s eyes were wide open when she allowed her partner, Richard Brown, to store drugs with a street value of £106,000
APPROVAL for a three-storey, 800-capacity function hall with room for nearly 300 cars is on the cards. The plans for vacant land off Dick Lane, Tyersal, will be discussed by councillors next Thursday - and it's recommended they are given the green
SCHOOLS across the district have been making final preparations to their events which are taking place today to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Events, such as parades, performances and commemorations are taking place to mark
A CHURCH’s plan to redevelop a derelict Grade II listed Bradford school building is tipped to be refused by planning chiefs. In March, the Life Church, based in Wapping Road, submitted plans to demolish the crumbling buildings that make up the
David Hockney has said the UK has become a "mean-spirited" place and that he particularly dislikes the smoking ban. The Bradford-born artist, who has lived on-and-off in Los Angeles for much of his adult life, said he plans to spend time in France
A motorist crashed into several parked cars - but continued his chaotic journey even though the front wheel had fallen off his car. But police soon caught up with the badly damaged car and the driver was arrested. Revealing details of the trail
AN INVESTIGATION has concluded that Yorkshire Water "caused" an incident which saw part of Bradford Beck turn black with pollution. The Bradford-based company has been given a written warning over the "discharge of sewage" into the watercourse –
JOHN Kear cannot wait for the Bulls to stand toe-to-toe with the Championship’s big hitters. The fixtures for 2019 are due out within the next fortnight as the Odsal head coach counts down to leading his side back into the second tier. With several
