The Flora London Marathon takes place on April 22. If you would like to take part and support a charity then Seafarers UK (the old King George's Fund for Sailors) would like to hear from you. Contact Lee Dobbins on 0207 932 5960 or e-mail lee-dobbins
Albion Sports overcame a potential upset at Wyke Wanderers to book their place in the fourth round of the Bradford & District Sunday Senior Cup. The Division One hosts, who had seven teenagers in their line-up, took a first-half lead through Andrew
In a reduced programme due to district FA Cup ties and postponements, two matches in the West Riding County Amateur League Mumtaz Division Two were the highlight of the day. Dudley Hill Athletic won for the first time and Crag Road United improved their
Not only the competitors were the winners at the City of Bradford Under-11 Sportshall Athletics Trials at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre. Thanks to the majority of children shaking hands and congratulating each other after some thrilling races, junior
A campaigning community which fought for years to get a new play area has been left devastated after its popular £60,000 park was set alight. Firefighters were called to the park just off Wrose Grove, near Low Ash Primary School, to deal with a blaze
Samantha Roberts has had a long wait for official confirmation of what she has known ever since her husband, tank commander Sergeant Steve Roberts, was shot and killed in Iraq by his own side: that he need not have died if enough body armour had been
SIR - Saeed Butt (T&A, December 7) doesn't seem to know that every day all over the world, non-smokers die. I've been smoking for 43 years. I love it and I have no intention of stopping. If I died of a smoking-related disease next week I wouldn't think
SIR - Why should it be that only after a tragedy like Amy Howard's death (T&A, December 7), necessary action is considered by the Road Safety Committee? Should it have cost a life before the issue of the dangerous road was addressed? Surely this should
SIR - Can I assure your readers that the photo published on December 13 alongside the report on the Council debate on Education did NOT reflect my attitude on the day. The picture used, purporting to show my misery, was taken some weeks ago when I was
SIR - As a major national charity supporting patients and carers of leukaemia, lymphoma and allied blood disorders, like everyone who has read the story of the teenage cancer patient Josie Grove, we were deeply distressed but also greatly inspired by
SIR - Reading of the plight of Mr Randolph Victor of Inkerman Street (T&A, December 11), involving Bradford Council, it would seem that he is just the man needed to run Bradford Council to save us from being just another part of the projected Leeds
SIR - So Gordon Brown tried to be green and revealed plans to take another £2 billion per annum from us all. Fuel duty rose by 1.25p per litre and tax on flights will double from February. However, any "giveaways" are so far in the future that he can
SIR - Philip Davies MP has it right on opting out of the EEC and many other issues, which appear to be shelved in government archives. As a member of the EEC, we get nothing apart from foreign nationals wanting to come here and dredge the waning economy
SIR - Geoffrey Holmes (T&A, December 5), does not believe my contention that I "had the living daylights beaten out of me" at schools in the 1930s and 40s and challenges me to substantiate my claim. I was not a model pupil. The relaxed urbanity of my
SIR - As Christmas is approaching very fast, everybody is trying to get ready for the occasion. The question is, how to celebrate Christmas? Our head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community gave us an order to celebrate Christmas individually by
A budding young journalist travelled to Brussels to quiz top Euro-politicians after winning a competition. Bradford Grammar School sixth form student Claire Burke, 16, flew the flag for the city after winning a writing contest organised by the British
In 1843, Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol was published. In 1972, the last manned mission to the moon ended after a record stay of 75 hours. In 1999, Desmond Llewelyn, the British actor who played Q in the Bond films, died. 25 Years
A jury today failed to come to a verdict on a defendant who had been accused of involvement in the robbery which led to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, was yesterday cleared of the murder of the police officer who was shot
A specialist contraception and sexual health nurse is to be part of a new after-school drop-in health clinic for teenagers. The clinics will enable pupils to access free and confidential advice on any health issue, including sexual health and contraception
A perverted pensioner who showed an indecent photograph of himself to young girls at a bus station has been locked up for public protection. Raymond Stevenson, 66, who has a record of sex offences dating back more than 40 years, was living at the Elm
A £400 million scheme to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in Bradford has been approved. Bradford Council has reached "financial close" with its chosen private sector partner, Integrated Bradford, on the mammoth Building Schools for the Future
People are being urged to share in thousands of pounds for anyone want- ing to make a positive difference to their community. Cash grants are being made ready to deserving groups and individuals who want to make neighbourhoods across the Shipley district
It is an unseasonably warm late afternoon in December. Barnett, for it is he, is sitting at his desk, pondering what to write for his last column before Christmas. The rest of his department have gone to the pub for a libation and Barnett is struggling
Washing up, shopping, homework, mummy's tablets, bath brother, wash uniform, take dog for a walk.' This list of tasks - which would be time-consuming for an adult - was penned by an 11-year-old child. The youngster who wrote it is one of the many thousands
Roads in the Bradford district are to be improved to the tune of £10 million after next year's funding was announced by the Government. A second five-year local transport plan for West Yorkshire has been drawn up and reviewed by the Department for Transport
A search remains ongoing to find a permanent site for a post office in Bingley as a temporary one opened in the town yesterday. A portable building in a town centre car park saw queues of residents line up to use its services. It was necessary because
Veteran Bulls winger Marcus Bai has completed a dramatic U-turn by announcing his immediate retirement. The Papua New Guniea international, 34, had already toyed with the idea of packing in before finally signing a one-year deal in September. But Bai
Crocked Tommy Black has gone back to Crystal Palace. X-rays confirmed City's fears that Black cracked a rib in Saturday's 1-0 win over Chesterfield. And that torpedoed the winger's chances of staying on at Valley Parade for another month. "Unfortunately
