Albion Sports 3, Handsworth 2 Albion Sports bounced back from their weekend defeat to bank another three Baris Northern Counties East League points with a narrow Division One home win over Handsworth at Horsfall Stadium. The visitors took the lead but
Yorkshire Water employees got on their bikes and wheeled coast to coast raising more than £2,000 for WaterAid. The Bradford-based staff taking part in the 170-mile cycle route, Way of the Roses, cycled from Morecambe to Bridlington last weekend – plus
Bradford Dragons have recruited Denis Scott and Christian Tshimankinda from arch-rivals Leeds Carnegie for the new season, which starts this weekend. Both Scott, originally from Holland, and Tshimankinda have been playing National League basketball for
Baildon Ladies B team finished second among over 100 clubs competing in the Yorkshire League. This earned them qualification for the league finals at Silkstone, where they faced Flaxby in the semi-finals. The Baildon players performed admirably and
Leeds have fought off competition from European clubs to sign Finland midfielder Mika Vayrynen on a one-year deal with a further 12-month option. Vayrynen, 29, has earned 54 caps for his country, scoring five goals, and arrives at Elland Road just days
The Moscow State Circus has brought its latest show to Bradford, which has been inspired by the legend of The 12 Chairs. The show features a large cast of circus artists from Russia, many of whom are performing in Britain for the first time. The production
Keighley boss Jason Demetriou has called for closer relations between the Bulls and the Cougars… starting this weekend! Demetriou, at the end of his first season as player-coach, is urging Bulls fans to get behind his side in Sunday’s Championship
Harry McGurk is already on the fast-track to success aged just seven. The boy racer, who lives in Wyke, has taken the motorcycle grasstrack scene by storm in what is only his first year of competing in the sport. Despite being a relative newcomer, Harry
Right on Cue Division One champions Bradford No 1 will open the defence of their YORKSHIRE INTER-DISTRICT LEAGUE title at home to Leeds. A 3-3 draw against their neighbours in the final match of last season saw Bradford seal the championship. The
Andrew Gale insists Colin Graves has every right to criticise Yorkshire’s players after their relegation from the LV= County Championship’s top tier. The Headingley chairman launched a scathing attack earlier this week, branding performances as unacceptable
Yorkshire Juniors beat Warwick & Worcester 455-355 in the BRITISH CROWN GREEN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP final to be crowned champions. Savile Park’s Ellis Owen (21-8) was the pick of nine winners in the home match at Newsome WMC as Yorkshire carded
The long road to boxing redemption begins in Belfast for Junior Witter. At 37, Bradford’s former world champion still believes he can rescale the heights again despite several lean years. Having stepped up a division to welterweight, Witter is convinced
Bradford Park Avenue’s under-16s made a solid start to their campaign in the Huddersfield League second division with a 1-1 draw at title favourites Ossett Town. In an even first half, Avenue took the lead when Chris Wilkinson fired home from close
The West Riding FA are launching a recruitment drive for referees which they hope will increase the number of men in the middle from the region. Leagues within the West Riding district currently struggle to staff grassroots games with enough qualified
Unity A and Yeadon Celtic C went head to head in the final week of the Bradford Table Tennis Summer League with the destination of the Division One title at stake. Yeadon went into the match with a one-point lead and were relying heavily on Yoni Caspi
People in Bradford addicted to alcohol are being offered fresh hope from former addicts in their bid to get sober. A charity called Lifeline, which provides drug and alcohol programmes across England, has opened a new venture in Bradford city centre,
Residents, drivers and pedestrians who have been blighted by the anti-social behaviour of motorbikes and quad bikes will welcome news that 13 of these vehicles have now been taken off the roads. Too often, these rogue riders show little regard for other
Proposals to re-draw parliamentary constituencies which would see Shipley being axed and parts of Bradford being represented by out-of-district MPs provoked more stinging criticism yesterday. The plans formulated by the Boundary Commission
The following have been dealt with by Bradford magistrates: Alexander Stuart Brown, aged 23, of Moorgreen Fold, Idle; driving while using a hand-held mobile phone, £70 fine, £100 costs, licence endorsed. Keegan Greer, aged 21, of Wrose Road, Wrose;
Three Bradford brothers have recorded a track for a new film starring Hollywood actor Rob Lowe. Asian-urban music production team RDB has collaborated with Grammy award-winning hip hop artist Ludacris and Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on a song
A summertime crackdown on the illegal use of motorbikes and quads in south Bradford has been mounted by police following residents’ complaints. Officers carried out Operation Strass 2 to target rogue riders who cause a problem which traditionally
Phil Parkinson admitted City have to do more defensively after their last-gasp choker at Port Vale. The Bantams went down 3-2 to Tom Pope’s header in stoppage time, having twice equalised through Jamie Devitt and Ritchie Jones. Parkinson
Gusts of wind up to 60mph may have saved an entire school site in Bradford from being wrecked as a massive blaze swept through part of it, a fire chief said yesterday. At its peak, 100 firefighters battled the inferno at the disused Yorkshire Martyrs
An 18-year-old man was raped by two men after he left a Bradford city centre nightclub, detectives revealed last night. Officers investigating the attack early on Sunday said the victim left the Lust nightclub in Great Horton Road with another man before
A teenage driver was left with facial injuries after he was dragged out of his vehicle during a car-jacking attack in Bradford. The 19-year-old man was in his stationary light blue Vauxhall Astra VXR in Idle when he was approached by two men
Mick Potter expects some earnest exchanges with supporters when he and five other senior Bulls staff occupy the top table for tomorrow night’s end-of-season fans’ forum at Odsal. Head coach Potter is joined by chairman Peter Hood, head of youth
Visitors to the British Science Festival have continued to be amazed by mind-boggling experiments, impressive demonstrations and potentially world-saving announcements. Children and their families had the opportunity to learn about experiments at an
Port Vale 3, City 2 City were given a dose of their own medicine at Vale Park last night and it left a bitter taste. For the past two games, Phil Parkinson’s side have claimed draws with dramatic 93rd-minute equalisers. But this time the boot was
