POLICE have recovered a stolen car in Bradford. West Yorkshire Police found the AMG Mercedes car on Friday after it had been taken in Brighouse earlier in the day. It will be reunited with its owner after forensics have analysed it.
BRADFORD Dragons pulled off a double victory last weekend, defeating Thames Valley Cavaliers (91-86) at the University of Bradford’s Unique Fitness Centre on Saturday and then demolishing Manchester Magic (63-83) at the Manchester Basketball Centre
A 13-year-old boy from Bradford who went missing last week has been found. Joseph Schofield was last seen on Tong Street, Bradford, on the morning of Tuesday, March 12. Police had been concerned for his welfare, but have confirmed he has been
Young people took to Bradford city centre today to protest against climate change. Children waved placards and banners calling for more to be done to try and end climate change as part of the global Youth Strike 4 Climate movement. The decision
Adam Lyth warmed up for the start of the Specsavers County Championship against Nottinghamshire next month with a pre-season friendly hundred against the same side in Potchefstroom. The Yorkshire opener retired out with 102 off 139 balls to his
Former New Zealand Rugby League chairman turned Bradford Bulls owner Andrew Chalmers has spoken of his shock at the terrible events that unfolded in his homeland. The Kiwi businessman had returned to New Zealand after the Bulls' win over Batley
A BID for funding to create better links between Bradford’s two main rail stations has been unsuccessful. Bradford Forster Square station is due to undergo a major transformation in the coming years - with the construction of a new station building
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) are hoping new signing Lewis Rathbone can follow in the footsteps of team-mates Lewis Knight and Conor Branson. Midfielder Rathbone joined the club last week and is the latest addition to have come through the American University
A GROUP of horse riders are taking to the saddle next month to highlight a safety campaign aimed at slowing drivers down as they approach or overtake horses on the road. Julie Evans said the local ride is on Sunday, April 14, for the Pass Wide And
Pupils at schools across Bradford have been taking part in red-themed fun activities to raise money for Comic Relief. There was a splash of colour at Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy, with a red-themed or pyjamas non-uniform day and the children
A controversial pub conversion application is back before planners when they meet next week. In January proposals by Highstone Housing Association to convert the historic Yew Tree Inn at Northowram Green, Northowram, Calderdale, was deferred when
A QUEENSBURY vets surgery is opening a new clinic aimed at treating ageing pets. Shearbridge Vets is launching senior clinics with dedicated senior pet nurse Sarah Hosty. The clinic is available every Monday at Queensbury between 9am and 4pm.
TWO burglars who smashed their way into an occupied house to steal a safe they believed was stuffed with cash were thwarted when it turned out to be empty. Jared Whitehouse and his accomplice, David Jowett, broke a window with a shovel to raid
NORTH Ferriby have been wound up following a petition against the Northern Premier League club at a court hearing on Friday morning. As a result of the legal action over unpaid debts, Saturday's match against Bamber Bridge has been cancelled and
York have been told they must rearrange their Betfred Championship match against Rochdale, which was postponed at short notice on Sunday. The Hornets called off the game at short notice at the Crown Oil Arena amid high winds which they say prevented
As words of solidarity, grief and condemnation are heard from Bradford's civic and religious leaders, we want to give our readers the chance to leave their own messages of love and support for those affected by today's terrorist attack in Christchurch
A COMMUNITY has come together this afternoon in a poignant show of strength after the New Zealand terrorist attack. Forty-nine people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch. LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE OF LOVE AND SOLIDARITY
MARK Dunning's Bulls Under-16s fell to a last-gasp defeat against Wakefield Trinity – despite a spirited display at Bradford Dudley Hill's Neil Hunt Memorial Ground. The Young Bulls scored the first try of the game through Lewis Camden but the home
Vice-captain Elliot Minchella is set to return to the first-team fold for Bulls having been named in their 19-man squad for this weekend's trip to Widnes Vikings. The Bradford-born star has recovered from a broken nose sustained in the Toulouse
REASSURANCE patrols are being stepped up around places of worship after mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Forty-nine people have been killed in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days
BRANDON Pickersgill insists last week's win at Batley Bulldogs can be a turning point in Bulls' season. The full back admits Bradford are still coming to terms with life at a higher level following promotion to the Championship. After two opening
AN OPTICIAN is celebrating her rise to the top after taking up a position as a store director at Specsavers Idle. Kiran Bola began her career in optics on a work experience placement at Specsavers when she was still at school. This year has seen
POLICE stopped the driver of red Ford Transit in Bradford this morning. Officers tweeted that he was not wearing his seatbelt and also had a large crack in the windscreen. He was issued with a traffic offence report.
SIR - A fundamental basis of civilized society is respect of the environment in which we live. Litter, among other things, is a benchmark of such respect. The carpet of litter strewn across the rows of seats after the wonderful musical Matilda at the
SIR - Like Michael T Leahy, (T&A letters, March 7), I too know people who know better than experts, MPs and Parliament. Even some MPs do, (amongst them, those who would turn us into a real service/servants' economy and even destroy workers' rights
PATROLS are being stepped up after reports of a 13-year-old schoolgirl being struck on the head in a snicket. Police are now appealing for witnesses following yesterday's incident in Lightcliffe. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "
A BRADFORD mum is beaming with pride at her daughter reaching the semi finals of a national beauty pageant, but she explained how the contest is more than about just looks. Aimee Hoang, 14, lives on Minster Drive in Tyersal with her mother Tanya
THE big local Challenge Cup derby between Keighley Cougars and Bradford Bulls will take place on Sunday, March 31 (2.45pm) at Cougar Park. The fourth-round tie, which has been selected for live streaming on the BBC Sport website and red button,
THE fire service is issuing an urgent message to people after a family were lucky to escape a kitchen fire in the early hours of this morning. Crews from Fairweather Green and Shipley were called to the blaze at a house in Briardale Road, Heaton
THE Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions Trophy is to be discontinued after 42 years. The organisers have taken the decision to call time to prevent the highly-regarded competition from becoming a pale shadow of its former self. The increasingly crowded
In the latest edition of our new weekly look back through the T&A picture archives, here are three Eccleshill football teams from years gone by. Do you remember any of the players? ECCLESHILL CC 2004: Back (Left to Right), Jack Lemcki,
DETAILED plans have been submitted for the first phase in what will be a 4 kilometre cycle track linking towns in Wharfedale. The Wharfedale Greenway would turn a disused rail line into a cycling and walking route linking Pool, Otley and Burley
"We must never let terrorists divide our communities." Those are the words of Bradford West MP Naz Shah after news of mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE OF LOVE AND SOLIDARITY Forty-nine people
PLANS for a 13.5m metre high sugar silo at a confectionery factory in Cleckheaton, is among the appeals in the Spen Valley area highlighted in a new report. The bid by Tangerine Confectionery, which makes the Lion brand of gum sweets, was initially
Hitting the headlines once again in March 1969, was another icy blast of sudden unpredicted weather which had turned the West Riding area into a Siberian wasteland. Bus services had been badly delayed, roads were blocked, hundreds of cars abandoned
DO you love music and want to play an instrument? The Early Music Shop in Salts Mill, Saltaire, is hosting free taster sessions for harp and recorder on Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24 as part of Learn to Play Day 2019. This free nationwide
WIBSEY are confident that their most recent promotion from Yorkshire Division Four Premier will stick. The Villagers have twice gone up in the recent past only to find out that, due to circumstances beyond their control, their rises have in essence
THESE are tense times in the lower reaches of League One. Having picked up only one point from their two games against relegation rivals Gillingham and Rochdale this week, Oxford find themselves back below the dreaded line. They have a four-point
BRADFORD Dudley Hill head to Cumbria tomorrow searching for their first win of 2019, when they take on Barrow Island in Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two. Honours were even last time out for Hill when they drew 16-16 with Hull
PAUL Caddis can sense the calm ready for the storm that City must ride. The survival clock is ticking with only nine games to go to save their League One status. This weekend’s trip to Oxford is the first of five in the run-in against teams also
BRADFORD Councillors will be told that an increasing number of people are being flagged to the Prevent programme due to displaying signs of right wing extremism. The policy was set up as part of the Government’s Counter Terrorism Strategy as a
STUDENTS are again choosing to miss school today to take party in a nationwide protest calling for more to be done to tackle climate change. Young people from across the district will be descending on Centenary Square in the city centre from 11am
TWO Bradford mums have spoken about how their experience of a course aimed at tackling grooming and radicalisation has brought them together - and ignited a desire to fight for a more united city. Adele Johnson, from Holme Wood, and Suffia Hussain
A NEW campaign with the aim of helping prevent loneliness and social isolation in local communities is being launched across the Bradford district today. The ‘Looking out for our neighbours’ campaign, created by the West Yorkshire and Harrogate
AROUND 20 per cent of people of “national security concern” who went to fight in Syria and Iraq have been killed - according to a Bradford Council report. The report into the Prevent strategy, which will be discussed by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee
THE brother of Bradford artist David Hockney has visited the district ahead of the release of his new book, all about the family’s life growing up in Bradford. John Hockney, who now lives in the Blue Mountains in Australia, has written the book
Mark Bower says winning the Bradford Sports Awards Club of the Year is testament to his side's penchant for overachieving. The Bradford (Park Avenue) boss added the accolade was proof of the solid standing the whole club has. Bower said: "It's
SINCE our last Away Day Guide a lot has changed at Bradford City. Gary Bowyer has come in as the new manager for the Bantams' fight against relegation from the Sky Bet League One and it's been a tale of mixed fortunes so far. A solid 3-1 home
IT was jubilation at Throstle Nest as Farsley Celtic set up a cup final cross-Pennine derby. Adam Lakeland's men - who lead the Evo-Stik League Premier Division - had Integro Sport League Cup action to deal with on Tuesday evening Standing
THE Bulls believe they have finally got to the root of the back problem haunting Joe Keyes. The Ireland international is yet to feature this season because of the on-going issue that has dogged him since last year. But another visit with a
A JUDGE gave the family of a man with learning disabilities a stinging reprimand after he was exploited into dealing drugs by his own cousins. Aftab Ahmed, 20, of Devonshire Street, Keighley, who has physical and mental disabilities, was sentenced
GARY Bowyer insists it’s good to talk in City’s relegation fight. The Bantams boss has been encouraging his players to join in and offer their views to the squad. As they prepare for tomorrow’s huge tussle with Oxford, another side currently
Two people fled on foot after a car crashed into a tree. The vehicle had failed to stop for police prior to the crash. At around 9pm tonight, the police helicopter was called to the Spen Valley to help ground units with the search for a suspect
