NINE cheerleaders from Bradford are heading to Orlando to represent Great Britain in the ICU World Championships. The group of six seniors and three juniors from Panache Cheer School, based at Appleton Academy, in Wyke, will be part of Team England
AJAZ Patel is ready and raring to go ahead of his short-term overseas stint with Yorkshire. The New Zealand left-armer is planning to put “his own spin on things” as he bids to fill the shoes of Keshav Maharaj, who has returned to international
Marcelo Bielsa hailed on-loan striker Eddie Nketiah as "a complete player" after his latest strike helped Leeds return to the top of the Sky Bet Championship following a 2-0 win at Yorkshire rivals Barnsley. Nketiah, on as a 70th-minute substitute
PHOTOGRAPHER Rich Bunce has scooped a first place in this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards. Prizes for top pictures were awarded in 14 categories, including ones that focus on the coasts, close-up images of the natural world, the same
Two late goals fired Leeds back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship as they beat Yorkshire rivals Barnsley 2-0 in a full-blooded derby at Oakwell. For 84 minutes an end-to-end encounter had belonged to the goalkeepers in Barnsley's Brad Collins
NICKY Law's last-gasp penalty preserved Exeter's unbeaten record and kept them at the top of the League Two table. The Grecians looked set to suffer their first defeat of the season against Leyton Orient when Pierce Sweeney's opener was quickly
THERE was no joy for the district's four clubs in the Buildbase FA Vase as they all suffered exits in the second qualifying round. Two of the losses were heavy as Albion Sports were beaten 5-1 at home by Guisborough Town and Liversedge went down
GUISELEY and Farsley Celtic both moved up one place in the play-off zone in the Vanarama National North after earning 3-0 victories in differing circumstances. The Lions were home to Hereford and the Bulls had their tails between their legs as they
Carlton rounded off their Championship Two title-winning campaign with an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Bowling Old Lane. Dominican batsman Kershaski John Lewis ended his first Bradford Premier League campaign with 959 runs after making an
Batley have won the Bradford Premier League Championship One after a dramatic final day which saw both their title rivals suffer defeats as Bankfoot missed out on promotion. While Batley were beating Gomersal by 114 runs, Morley were losing by
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) hopes of registering a first home win of the season were shattered by old boy Adam Boyes, who netted a stoppage-time equaliser for Spennymoor Town in a 1-1 draw. The former Horsfall striker pounced in the fourth of five minutes
CITY made it successive wins when they dug out a late 1-0 victory at Walsall. T&A chief sports writer SIMON PARKER with all the match stats as well as his player ratings. MAN OF THE MATCH Richard O’Donnell continues to look a transformed
WOODLANDS’ chase for the treble is still on. With the Priestley Cup and Bradford League already in the bag, the Oakenshaw club swatted aside the challenge of Doncaster Town in a semi-final of the Yorkshire Premier Leagues’ Championship. Woodlands
WALSALL 0 CITY 1 THE nasally vowels from behind the press box were pure Peaky Blinders: “Why won’t they shoot? This is going nowhere fast again.” Thomas or Arthur Shelby would have taken matters into their own hands to get a more direct response
BEAVERS from 1st Bingley Scout Group have handed over a cheque for £135 to Guide Dogs for the Blind (Bradford Branch). The money was raised by the youngsters after a visit to their colony by Bernie, a retired guide dog, along with her owners.
GARY Bowyer was delighted how City dug out the win at Walsall to move into the top seven. James Vaughan claimed the only goal, although it appeared to be headed straight in by home midfielder Liam Kinsella. Vaughan had earlier seen a first-half
POLICE are searching for a missing teenager who was last seen in the centre of Dewsbury yesterday. Molly North, aged 14, is described as a white female, 5ft 1” tall, slim, with shoulder length blonde hair and a nose and tongue piercing. She was
by Chris Hutchinson FROM school lessons I was fascinated by the Arctic, which my teacher described as ‘Islands at the top of the world’. I couldn’t wait to board Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Black Watch, visiting Iceland and Greenland, and from
A FUND created to honour the memory of a businesswoman is set to help youngsters in Bradford. The Manjit Wolstenholme Fund has been established with support from Bradford-based company Provident to award grants across the city. Mrs Wolstenholme
Stage LEADER disbands parliament to make decision making easier...Spearhead stops listening to his constituents to take forward his own decisions...Key political front-runners disposed of for disagreeing. Ring any bells? These are issues explored
DURING the First World War, shellshocked and wounded soldiers were taught embroidery as therapy. Bradford-born Louisa Pesel, a distinguished textile artist, helped them design and embroider what became known as the Khaki Alter Cloth. Originally used
THERE are a number of planned roadworks across the region from tomorrow until next Sunday (September 22). From tomorrow night (September 16) the westbound carriageway of the M62, between junction 27 (Gildersome) and junction 26 (Chain Bar) will
BRADFORD actor Bradley Johnson has joined one of soap’s biggest families - the Dingles in Emmerdale. Bradley, who started acting as a child and has appeared in a film with Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth, plays Vinny, son of Mandy Dingle, in the
A MAN who punched a police officer in the groin after a “mad Friday” pub brawl has been spared jail. Scott Wheeldon, 43, had been arrested following an incident in the Sun Inn in Shipley on December 21. He had broken a window in the pub during
“VOICE of velvet” adopted Bradfordian Tino Valdi, who achieved worldwide success as a singer, has died at the age of 90. Volodymyr Luciw, better known by his stage name Tino Valdi, settled in Bradford after coming to the city from Ukraine following
STUDENTS at Bradford’s newest sixth form college will be entering the state-of-the-art new building tomorrow for their first day at New College Bradford. Last week, while the finishing touches were being made to the city centre institution, The
PLANS to turn a city centre office building into flats has been approved by Bradford Council. Two applications for the annex at Broadacre House were submitted earlier this summer. They were for the conversion of the existing building into 20
PRISCILLA Queen of the Desert is a riot of outrageous costumes, wacky wigs, sky-high heels and disco floor-fillers. The road trip musical - about two drag queens and a transgender woman heading for the Australian Outback in a battered old bus to
RESIDENTS and staff at a Bradford care home have clocked up more than 20 kilometres to raise money for charity. The mammoth miles were achieved by Bupa Crossley House Care Home, in Thornton Road, which raised almost £1000 for the Alzheimer's Memory
A MUSLIM photographer has spent a year documenting Bradford’s dwindling Jewish community. Nudrat Afza was inspired by how the city’s synagogue, in Manningham, was saved from closure by a neighbouring mosque. Her images, taken at the synagogue,
A MAN was jailed for 13 years for savagely raping an 11-year-old girl who leapt in terror out of a first-floor window to escape him. Haji Kaloga forced his way into the child’s bedroom, seized her by the throat and pushed her to the floor while
A BURGLAR who crashed an Audi S3 he stole in a night-time house break-in must spend longer behind bars. Jason Hepworth, who is already serving 21 months’ imprisonment for burglary, attempted burglary and dangerous driving, was jailed for 11 months
