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  • Men arrested in counterfeit probe

    Hundreds of suspected counterfeit DVDs and computer games were seized during a raid at a Bradford shop. Police and West Yorkshire Trading Standards officers swooped on S and M Grocers in Gaythorne Road, West Bowling, on Saturday. PC Aaron Horsfall,

  • Patterson helps to keep Yorkshire in the hunt

    Four wickets for Steve Patterson helped to keep Yorkshire’s slim hopes of Clydesdale Bank 40 success alive with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over a weak Worcestershire at New Road today. Despite missing six first-team players through either

  • High-flying Farsley time it to perfection

    Second-placed Farsley beat Pudsey St Lawrence in a high-scoring match at Red Lane following a perfectly-timed run-chase. The three-wicket win enabled Farsley to cut Bradford & Bingley’s lead at the top of the First Division to two points while

  • Wood's tactics work wonders for Cleckheaton

    Skipper John Wood confessed he was ‘very relieved’ after bottom club Cleckheaton beat leaders Bradford & Bingley by four wickets at Wagon Lane. Cleckheaton went into the match having lost four of their first five matches and Wood said: “

  • Shipley made to work hard for victory

    Dales Council League Division A leaders Shipley Providence made it six wins out of six when they defeated local rivals Hepworth & Idle – but they certainly did it the hard way. Put in to bat, they recovered from a desperate-looking 107-8 to reach an

  • Cambing replace Allerton at the top

    Cambing are the new leaders of Bradford Mutual Sunday School League Group A following their win over previous leaders Allerton. Cambing batted first and scored 180-9 in their 40 overs. In reply, Allerton were bowled out for 127, M Nissar top-scoring

  • Patterson puts Yorkshire in the driving seat

    Steve Patterson took four wickets to help restrict Worcestershire to a below-par 155-9 in today’s Clydesdale Bank 40 Group A clash at New Road. Yorkshire simply have to win this match to keep alive their hopes of qualification for the semi-finals, and

  • Full time: Bulls 22 Wigan 26 Andy Lynch

    Gareth Raynor's controversial sending off cost the Bulls dearly, as they bowed out of the Challenge Cup against Wigan. The winger was harshly given his marching orders in the 31st minute after catching Sam Tomkins in the process of scoring

  • Gale proud of his troops despite Roses defeat

    Captain Andrew Gale praised his Yorkshire side despite falling to a third LV= County Championship defeat of the season against leaders Lancashire at Liverpool yesterday. Gale’s men failed to defend a target of 121 from the last 15 overs as the red rose

  • Wentzel and Fourie to leave Leeds Carnegie

    Leeds, who have been relegated from the Aviva Premiership, are letting two of their star players go. They have agreed to release skipper Marco Wentzel from the remainder of his contract with the club by mutual agreement, and have given England flanker

  • Shahzad: I want to be an England hero, not just a spectator

    It will be a good quiz question in years to come. Who were the four men not to play in the Ashes series despite being named in the 17-man squad? The answer: Ajmal Shahzad, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar and Steve Davies. Yorkshire’s Shahzad

  • Bradford summer event details announced

    Bradford Council has released details of its summer events. This year’s Bradford Mela will be held on Sunday, June 12, on the same weekend as Bradford’s Race for Life in Lister Park. The Mela will bring an international flavour to Peel Park

  • Bierley grot-spot gets a clean-up

    A fly-tipping hot-spot was given a clean sweep by housing and council teams. Staff at social housing group Incommunities joined forces with Bradford Council’s neighbourhood wardens to take away eight van-loads of dumped rubbish from a cleared

  • New call to protect Bradford district's woodland

    People are being urged to support efforts to protect the Bradford district’s woodland. The Woodland Trust said that despite a Government climbdown earlier this year over plans to sell-off public forests, the fight was not over. The Independent Panel