City have signed up a full-time recruitment officer to find the best young talent in the area. Peter Horne has the job of scouring the junior football leagues for the potential stars of tomorrow. He said: "It is a massive challenge for me because it is
Criminals are having their collars felt in double quick time as West Yorkshire Police officers push back the boundaries of hi-tech policing. West Yorkshire is the first force in the country to use biometric technology to identify, at the push of a button
Senior police officers are meeting Bradford councillors next week to discuss the findings of their investigation into alleged electoral fraud. Chief Superintendent Jawaid Akhtar is expected to hold talks with Councillor Paul Flowers (Lab, Great Horton
A 13-year-old girl has achieved an A* in German GCSE after battling back from a rare brain tumour. The parents and teachers of Dani Hall, of Birkenshaw, Bradford, were today celebrating the amazing result and spoke of how proud they were of the youngster
A father who faces losing his pension after 35 years' loyal service to a Bradford engineering firm today told how he felt like a victim of 'corporate robbery'. Alan Potts, 53, spoke of the human consequences of the Federal Mogul pensions crisis after
Avenue boss Carl Shutt will come face to face with his former employers Kettering Town for the first time since he was ousted by the Midlands club in a cost-cutting measure and he is looking forward to Monday's meeting. He says he has unfinished business
Saltaire are under investigation as to whether they have fielded a second overseas player in the Bradford Cricket League this season. Clubs are only allowed one, and Bilal Asad is their nominated 'foreigner', but fingers have been pointed at Mohammed
Lee Radford is hoping last weekend's crushing loss at Leeds will inspire the Bulls to avoid a similar fate when they visit his home-town club Hull FC on Monday. "It's a funny thing, sometimes confidence inspires you and sometimes disappointment inspires
The International Market has brought Bradford to life. There can be no doubt about that on the evidence of the first couple of days. The city centre has been thronging with people, the sun has shone for much of the time and the mood has been light-hearted
Bradford supermarket group Morrisons pays among the lowest average wages of the UK's leading 100 companies, a new survey has shown. The hugely successful company, which this year completed a £3 billion takeover of rival Safeway, was named third from bottom
Bradford shoppers have delighted organisers of the city's International Market by turning out in huge numbers. The team behind the event are now trying to work out if they are on target to get the 300,000 visitors they expected. Market traders had been
Police have warned that children are putting themselves at risk by riding motorised skateboards at speeds up to 20mph on roads and pavements across the district. Some go-peds, which can either be electrically or mechanically-propelled, should not be ridden
A Bradford MP has welcomed greater safeguards against the sale of school playing fields for new homes. Gerry Sutcliffe said he "enthusiastically welcomed" the tightening of rules on selling sports fields in the city. Schools and councils will be forced
Bradford Council today admitted it was struggling to cope with blocked drains after torrential downpours have left homes and streets across the district flooded during the wettest August on record. Reports of blocked gullies have more than trebled this
Bradford could have one of the worst pothole problems in the country, according to a new survey. An insurance company says 22 per cent of all its West Yorkshire customers' motor damage claims are due to potholes or poorly maintained road surfaces. The
Cougars coach Gary Moorby is happy to stand by his record when he meets with the club's board to discuss staying on in the job next season. The Cougars were relegated last week having won just one match in National League One but were stricken from the
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