Eccleshill United enjoyed a good home win in their latest friendly tonight as they edged out Wakefield with a goal in each half and also kept a clean sheet. Midfielder Gary Birchill netted a half-volley from ten yards in the 34th minute, and Cameron
Sunday's Bradford Central League's Thrippleton Cup final at Norwood Green has been postponed because of the wet state of the outfield. It has been re-arranged for Sunday, August 19.
The only FC FC in the pyramid system could be lost if supporters of Farsley Celtic sanction the club's proposals to change the name after 99 years in existence. The Celts are preparing for their first season in the Blue Square Premier - the new name
A Bradford woman fighting to keep her fiancee in Britain has issued an open invitation to their wedding for all those who helped her in their campaign. Barbara Firth has again thanked people who helped her raise £4,000 to pay the costs of a legal appeal
A 61-year-old man, who earlier this year was the first person over 50 to cross the finish line at the Edinburgh Marathon, has picked up another sporting award. Raymond Hall, of Queensbury, did not even start exercising until he was in his late 40s, but
Chris McKenna has warned Challenge Cup favourites St Helens: We can beat you - any way up. The Bulls head into Saturday's semi-final as big underdogs against a side widely regarded the slickest, most dangerous attacking team around. Bradford defeated
A voluntary group which rescues cats and kittens urgently needs to find new homes for the animals. Keighley Cat Care, which takes in many of the district's abandoned, stray and unwanted cats, says it is struggling to find new owners. Christine Rawnsley
Crack cocaine, money and drug dealing paraphernalia have been seized by Bradford District Drugs Team during a raid in Manningham. A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying crack cocaine and money laundering, while a 36-year-old woman
Two drug dealers have been jailed after they were caught during an undercover surveillance operation by police in Bradford earlier this year. Rangzeb Khan, 27, was sentenced to four years in prison for his drug-dealing activities while 31-year-old Andrew
Yorkshire leg-spin twins Adil Rashid and Mark Lawson came down to earth with a bump before torrential rain wiped out the last 55 overs on the second day of the LV Championship match against Kent at Scarborough today. Both bowlers soaked up some heavy
A leading textiles company has won a year-long battle with a South African firm which copied its designs. Prestigious Textiles, off Tong Street, Bradford, won undisclosed damages after reaching a settlement with retail company Mr Price. The Durban
Valley Parade will get its third name change in less than a year. On the day that City broke through the 10,000 season-ticket barrier, it was announced that Intersonic are stepping down as the stadium sponsors. Boards bearing the electronics firm's
The Telegraph & Argus's parent company Newsquest Media Group has given £10,000 to the British Red Cross National Floods Appeal. Money raised by the appeal will be used to support individuals in hardship, support community recovery activities, local appeals
Brighouse and Pudsey Congs are involved in the original long weekend. Firstly they have to try and finish off their delayed third-round Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup tie tomorrow night at the Britannia Ground. Congs made 241 for nine in their
JCT600 Bradford League Second Division leaders Yeadon go into the match of the day with second-placed Gomersal on Saturday minus three first-team regulars. Skipper Dave Leather and bowler Steve Cobley are at a wedding, while their bowling attack is further
Baildon have become the third side to reach the semi-finals of the JCT600 Bradford League's Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup. They defeated Saltaire by 47 runs at Jenny Lane after being given a fine start by former skipper Simon Davies (23) and current
With a complete Division Three wash-out last week in the Aire-Wharfe League, the top three reach the two-thirds mark in the season still separated by only two points. Third-placed Addingham seem to have the toughest fixture on Saturday, although visitors
Ian Kendell has cooked for Sir Elton John. As sous chef at London's famous Chelsea Arts Club, the affable cook helped to prepare meals for the pop/rock singer. "It is one of the oldest members' clubs in England," he says, "Sir Elton is a member, and so
"It's the longest birthday I've ever had," David Hockney said. In a grey suit with a green triangular handkerchief in his breast pocket, the Bradford-born artist, who turned 70 on July 9, was talking to 70 or more friends and family at a special birthday
With a name like Dressed In Death, you might expect this Bradford quartet to measure high on the shock rock Richter-scale. The name nicely accompanies other shock outfits such as Cradle of Filth and Cannibal Corpse, yet to make such comparisons at the
A leading Bradford textiles company has won a year-long battle with a South African firm which copied its designs. Prestigious Textiles, based off Tong Street, won undisclosed damages after reaching a settlement with retail company Mr Price. The Durban-based
When Paul Potts shuffled awkwardly on to a Cardiff stage to face the Britain's Got Talent firing squad, headed by Simon Cowell, it didn't look good. The shy, overweight Welshman with crooked teeth, wearing a £35 Tesco suit, told the judging panel he
Two teenagers who left a terminally-ill boy fearing for his life in an unprovoked attack have been jailed for 18 months. Dean Whittaker, 16, who needs a kidney transplant, was left with a fractured jaw after he being punched, kneed and kicked by Nathan
St Helens will be without pivotal prop forward Jason Cayless for the semi-final against the Bulls after he flew home to Australia following the sudden death of his mother Marlene. The 27-year-old New Zealand international caught a flight to Sydney on
We know him best as young Martin Fowler, the cheeky lad who turned into a caring dad before leaving EastEnders in the obligatory black cab earlier this year. Now actor James Alexandrou is taking on two very different roles, in a double bill of As You
Robert Caplan and his wife are entertaining her brother and sister-in-law. As the evening goes on, Robert insists on bringing up the past about his brother's alleged suicide. His beloved brother is revealed as an obscene lunatic whom Robert's wife adored
A GP has submitted a planning application to turn his surgery into four bedsits. Dr Anwer Azam has asked Bradford Council planning officers to approve the change of use at 9, Pemberton Drive, Bradford. Dr Azam has relocated his practice to Horton Park
TYERSAL AC The Eccleshill Angling Supplies Evening League at No-Go-Bye continues to throw up one or two surprises. With most methods taking fish, it is up to the anglers to call on their experience to find what is working on the night. In an eventful
The parents of a 14-year-old boy, who died after collapsing in the street, have paid tribute to their sports fanatic son. Andrew Underwood, 14, of Wensleydale Rise, Baildon, was seemingly fit and healthy before his sudden death. More than 300 family
A music centre based in Manningham Lane for 19 years has closed its doors ahead of a move to new headquarters. Yamaha Music School is re-opening in new air-conditioned premises in Salts Mill, Saltaire, where there will be four studios for keyboard, guitar
Pudsey Park has been recognised as one of the best green spaces in England and Wales. The park will get its award alongside other open areas at a national awards ceremony at the Royal Armouries tomorrow. A record 551 Green Flag Awards have been given
Plans to demolish Bradford's magistrates' court and the old police station to create more space for the park in the heart of Bradford have been submitted. The site of the buildings forms the foundation for the second phase of the City Park project -
A gardening competition at a complex for people recovering from metal health problems has "boosted the morale" of residents. Five of the 27 residents at the Hilltop Cottages mental health supported accommodation, in Daisy Hill, Bradford, have taken part
David Graham, who had an inauspicious loan spell with City last year, has gone on trial to Gillingham. The Sheffield Wednesday striker has been told he has no future with the Hillsborough club and boss Brian Laws is keen to get him off the wage bill.
Thornton worked hard to get their wicket fit so they could play a 35 overs-per-side match against Booth in the Towergate Halifax League. The hosts batted first and made 176 for six, Andy Hutchinson top-scoring with 69. Booth reached their last over
Danny Rose has became the latest member of Leeds United's Academy to move on, joining Spurs for a fee believed to be £1m. The England Under--17 midfielder joins other former Leeds academy players Paul Robinson and Aaron Lennon at White Hart Lane, along
A coroner warned a relative of a teenager to stop shouting during an inquest into his death in a car crash. Steven Horgan, uncle of Liam McWilliams, 18, who suffered fatal head injuries in the accident in Queensbury, made an outburst at coroner Roger
A fish and chip shop owner threw a can of mushy peas over a robber who threatened him with a screwdriver. The robber struck at Allerton Fisheries, Allerton Road, Bradford, when the owner opened the back door of the shop. He threatened him with a seven-inch
A solicitor has strongly denied an allegation he was negligent when handling a dying woman's legal affairs. John Spencer is being sued by Antony Robinson, whose mother died apparently leaving Mr Robinson with nothing. Mr Robinson, 32, of Camm Garth,
Jamie Langley column:It was a massive decision to have to face knowing I'm going to miss the rest of the season with this operation but I've started to get my head around it now. I went in for wrist surgery on Monday and in the end it was unavoidable
Two prolific thieves have been barred from Bradford city centre. David Alan Braithwaite, 33, and Daniel Anthony Fallon, 26, have received interim Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) at Bradford Magistrate's Court after repeatedly breaching a previous
A female shop assistant in a toy shop was knocked to the ground when a robber stole her mobile phone. The assistant, who works in Toys 4 U in Thornton Road, Girlington, Bradford, was punched on the shoulder when the man attacked her. He then grabbed
Bosses at Bradford & Bingley have boosted profits by ten per cent after seeing surges in demand for buy-to-let mortgage offers. The bank and mortgage lender made a pre-tax profit of £180.4 million during the first six months of this year, compared with
A woman lorry driver died after her lorry was blown off the Skipton bypass in a storm, an inquest heard. Christine Doran, 49, was on her way back to Stockport on January 18 after making a delivery to Damart, Steeton, when she was caught in high winds
A frustrated parent who claimed he had murdered a drug dealer has been given a conditional discharge by a judge. Thomas Hanslip walked into Javelin House police station in Eccleshill, Bradford, last September carrying a kitchen knife and made his dramatic
Don't be surprised if Iestyn Harris produces an all-conquering display to steer the Bulls to Wembley on Saturday. The former Great Britain stand-off came in for some stinging criticism from certain sections of the media last week following a poor performance
Second Division leaders Yeadon go into the match of the day with second-placed Gomersal on Saturday minus three first-team regulars. Skipper Dave Leather and bowler Steve Cobley are at a wedding, while their bowling attack is further weakened because
A teenager facing a wounding charge has pleaded guilty to an alternative allegation of affray. Ashley Lloyd, 18, of Woodworth Grove, Keighley, appeared before Judge Roger Scott at Bradford Crown Court today and pleaded not guilty to unlawfully wounding
Two drug dealers have been jailed after they were caught during an undercover surveillance operation by police in Bradford earlier this year. Rangzeb Khan, 27, was sentenced to four years in prison for his drug-dealing activities while 31-year-old Andrew
Long-serving Cougar Matt Foster has announced he will retire at the end of the season. The centre/fullback, who debuted back in 1995 and has been the club's community development officer for eight years, turns his full attention to a new role as Head
Green or Obscene - the mileage counter Miles by car: -181 Miles driven: -14 Miles by train: +560 Miles by bus: +0 Miles by bike: +0 Miles by foot: +88 Total: +453 (running total +791) My garden now boasts a healthy population of three endangered species
A voluntary group which rescues cats urgently needs to find new homes for the animals. Keighley Cat Care, which takes in many of the district's abandoned, stray and unwanted cats, says it is struggling to find new owners. Christine Rawnsley, the group's
Crack cocaine, cash and drug dealing paraphernalia have been seized by Bradford District Drugs Team during a raid in Manningham. A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying crack cocaine and money laundering, while a 36-year-old woman was
An angry driver who badly injured a student when he mounted the pavement in a revenge attack has been jailed for three years. Innocent bystander Kasim Hafesji suffered a badly broken arm when 23-year-old Mustafa Farooque used the Toyota Carina as a weapon
Junior Witter will defend his world title against Vivian Harris in Yorkshire. As first revealed in the T&A, Witter will put his WBC light-welterweight belt on the line at the Doncaster Dome on Friday, September 7. Witter had hoped to stage it in Bradford
Staff at a hospital have reported an increase in nuisance caused by youths gathering outside their workplace. They say the youths are creating a menace in the grounds of Skipton General Hospital, Keighley Road, Skipton. Six youngsters, aged between
The stop-start pre-season has left managers of local semi-pro sides tearing their hair out but Bradford Park Avenue have been fortunate to have no cancellations so far. Horsfall Stadium will host their fourth friendly when Vauxhall Motors visit on Saturday
Continued support has been pledged in the fight to keep jobs at a town's tax office. Craven District Council has told representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union that it would do what it could to support staff following a plea from union
Farsley Celtic have had the most impressive pre-season to date out of local non-league clubs - four victories from four games. That includes a home win over neighbours Bradford City, now just one division higher than the Celts, and a 2-0 victory over
Ambitious regeneration plans for a canal basin have taken a giant leap forward after councillors approved a £5.8 million housing scheme. The demolition of warehouses at Ashley Mills, in Ashley Lane, Saltaire, to make way for homes will be the final piece
A town centre's biggest car park is in line for a revamp as part of efforts to tackle parking and congestion issues in the traffic hotspot. Bradford Council officers were due to meet this week to debate blueprints for reorganising the South Hawksworth
An organisation that distributes food to deprived communities, which was in danger of folding last year due, has been given more than eight tons of food by a catering company. The mammoth delivery of thousands of tins of food has been donated to the
Staff at Bon Marche in Skipton have been turning the heads of passers-by. Seven employees at the Keighley Road shop have been taking it in turns to have stints in the window, modelling the store's clothes. The live mannequin show raised more than £500
Food packaging company PFF is the latest company to sign up to the £12 Airedale Park business centre in Keighley. PFF paid £2.75 million for the 93,000 sq ft refurbished factory building. Ilkley-based Opus Land, the developers of Airedale Park, have
The Leader of Craven District Council said he is delighted' that the body will not be abolished amid a shake-up of local government. North Yorkshire County Council has lost its bid to create a single authority covering 3,000 square miles and looking
SIR - When is something going to be done to save Fountains Hall, once a Quaker meeting place and a lovely ballroom? Also, why has the name on the front of Connaught building been erased. Our heritage is slowly being deleted, just like street names
SIR - Re Fury as yobs hurling bricks trash YMCA' (T&A,July 21), an alarming number of youngsters today would sooner destroy the very establishments that encourage them to live in a decent, socially-acceptable society because to them such elements represent
SIR - The new EU reform treaty text was "deliberately made unreadable for citizens in order to avoid them calling for a referendum". So said one of the central figures in the treaty drafting process, former Italian Prime Minister Giuliani Amato. It's
SIR - Mr S Shaw (T&A, July 23) asks why "the earth" was in the grip of a severe Ice Age 440 million years ago, despite the fact that CO2 was "16 times higher" than today, (presumably causing "global warming"). I'm sure this is because "the earth" (
SIR - Eric Firth has, not for the first time, got his wires crossed with regard to my comments on the reasons for the population rise in Bradford (T&A, July 23). I did not claim it was solely the fault of the EU. I also cited the fact that there were
SIR - What a ridiculous place the UK is becoming because of politically correct' legal rulings. Appeal judges have ruled that a TB infected "sacred" bullock by the name of Shambo cannot be slaughtered as ordered by Welsh authorities because this would
SIR - Media watchdog Ofcom fined the BBC £50,000 after finding the broadcaster guilty of the pre-planned deception' of its young viewers by faking a competition winner on Blue Peter (T&A, July 10). All very well, but it's the licence fee payers who
SIR - In recent months, there have been many letters from UKIP officials Jason Smith and P E Bird. So perhaps they may care to comment on UKIP's achievements (if that is the right word) in the Sedgefield and Ealing Southall by-elections, or perhaps
SIR - Just for the benefit of Jason Smith of UKIP, here are two quotes from the Evening Standard of March 5, 2007. "The future of regional assemblies has been thrown into doubt in a scathing report endorsed by Labour ministers." "The inquiry by a
SIR - It was bound to happen, the Human Rights brigade putting up objections to the use of Tasers by the police, (T&A, July 23). One of the reasons why the use of Tasers is coming about is because of these people's interference in the past, which has
SIR - Today I received details from Council officers setting out new arrangements for disabled people to obtain parking discs. Reading these new arrangements, I was astonished to discover some unaccountable and secretive body calling itself the Local
The problems that Mrs Lisa O'Reilly says her 16-year-old autistic son had to face at Queensbury School suggest that this school at least is simply not geared up to cope adequately with pupils who have special needs. How many other schools in the Bradford
Police with taser stun-guns stormed a house after a tense stand-off between armed officers and an axe-wielding man. An area off Great Horton Road was cordoned off as a huge police presence - believed to include dozens of officers, three armed response
Thieves escaped with money from a shop assistant's purse. Two men in their 20s, who spoke with Irish accents, struck at a shop in Otley Street, Skipton, at 1.10pm on Wednesday. While one distracted the shop assistant, the other managed to steal money
The director of a Denholme Chemists has been convicted under the Companies Act for failing to produce accounts or returns. Mahmood Shahid, of Long Lee Lane, Keighley, was fined £250 and ordered to pay £75 by Cardiff Magistrates Court for failing to deliver
Workmen got more than they bargained for when they started digging foundations for building work at a house. They struck a small gas pipe which was buried about four inches below ground in Collinge Road, Cowling, near Skipton. The alarm was raised at
Two people were left with minor injuries after a red Rover and a grey Ford Focus collided at the junction of Long Causeway and Keighley Road, Denholme, at 9.30pm yesterday.
Defending champion Claire Starkie carded the best score in the qualifying round of the Bradford & District Ladies Golf Championship at Shipley yesterday. The Silsden player shot a 75 and now plays host player Lynda Ireland in today's last 16 matchplay
The following planning applications have been lodged with Kirklees Metropolitan Council: Batley: change of use of second floor light industrial unit to children's nursery (within a conservation area), 934 Bradford Road, Birstall. Batley: erection of
In 1775, the US postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. In 1943, Michael Philip Jagger, known as Mick, member of the Rolling Stones, was born in Dartford, England. In 1945
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: David Brown, aged 63, of Ashbourne Mount, Bolton; speeding, £80 fine, £40 costs, licence endorsed. Michael Burton, aged 39, of Cross Lane, Great Horton; driving without a licence, £110 fine,
A mutilated body has been found in the NCP car park in Hall Ings, Bradford... Police have played down any supernatural goings on, but a witness at the scene boldly suggest vampires are behind the grisly incident. This is the background to a performance
Motorists are being warned to expect long delays this weekend when Bradford Council starts carrying out essential road works at one of the district's most congested junctions. A quarter of the Fox Corner junction in Shipley will be closed between 6pm
A mum claims her 15-year-old autistic son has been "let down" by Queensbury School and Education Bradford. Lisa O'Reilly, of Northcliffe Lane, Thornton, said her son Aiden was given a series of detentions despite being diagnosed in January 2006 at the
A television series charting a coast-to-coast journey across the north of England is set to bring the district's waterways to the small screen. Bingley, Guiseley and Saltaire were picked out as highlights along the route from Hull to Liverpool to feature
Bradford schoolboy Jonathan Mason was chosen from hundreds of hopefuls to play the hero of a new television comedy based on a popular children's book. Jonathan, ten, was hand-picked by Jamie Rix, author of The War Diaries of Alistair Fury, to star in
