Leeds United have signed Stoke City utility player Danny Pugh on loan with a view to a permanent transfer in January. Pugh knows the club well, having made 57 appearances for Leeds between 2004 and 2006 before leaving for Preston and then Stoke
Queensbury are look to kick-start their season on Saturday when they entertain Pennine League Premier Division leaders Sharlston Rovers. Coach Andy Senior said: "If we play to our potential, we can turn around what's been a disappointing start”. Senior
Without a point from any of their seven West Riding County Amateur League games so far, Wibsey will be looking to kick-start their season with three Premier Division points from their home game against newly-promoted Littletown on Saturday.
Matt Cochrane, who gave a man-of-the-match display at Old Crossleyans in the Centurion Yorkshire Cup, could well be rewarded with a start for Bradford & Bingley at Birkenhead Park in SSE National League Three North on Saturday. “We know what he can
After victories over Hull Ionians and Hull, Otley are bidding to avoid a third successive defeat on Saturday in SSE National League Two North. Wins over the East Yorkhsire duo have been followed by setbacks against Huddersfield and Loughborough
Last season’s regular fly half Tom Barrett makes his first start of the season when Wharfedale travel to Blackheath on Saturday in National League One. The Greens are hoping to recover from the disappointments of last Saturday’s performance against Birmingham
Fly half Iain Gordon returns for Cleckheaton on Saturday at Wheatley Hills in SSE North One East. “He is our best No 10 and he gives scrum half Ollie Depledge more confidence,” said fixture secretary Alan Bentley. After their 13-7 defeat
Bradford Salem, who host Goole in SSE Yorkshire Division Two on Saturday, could well have Richard Langhorn back but are definitely missing Amesh Ahir and Ollie Shaw, who have both returned to university. Bradford Salem (home to Goole): C Buxton, S Markey
Baildon, who have an SSE Yorkshire Division Three derby at Bramley Phoenix on Saturday, are intending to start with Jonny Picken at open-side flanker. Jenny Lane rugby chairman Andy Whitley said: "Jonny came on as a replacement last weekend but he will
Keighley will give hooker Will Armitage a late fitness test before their SSE Yorkshire Division One match at home to Heath on Saturday. Armitage suffering a shoulder injury deep in the second half of last week’s defeat at Ilkley but Keighley’s director
Life is tough enough at the bottom without having a heap of injuries inflicted on you. That’s the situation facing Wibsey, who have lost both of their matches so far in SSE Yorkshire Division Five. Their coach Dave Grayson said: “We
Headingley will host Test-match cricket for the next five years. South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will all visit the Leeds venue between 2012 and 2016 after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced their major-match group packages
A bank cashier who stole almost £10,000 from the accounts of old and vulnerable customers to go comfort-shopping for shoes and clothes has been jailed for 16 months. Wibsey woman Fozia Arif, 23, reacted by putting her hand to her mouth in the
The sparks will be flying on Saturday as the Evo-Stik League top two go head to head at Horsfall Stadium. Bradford Park Avenue had topped the Premier Division pile for almost a fortnight but Northwich Victoria leapfrogged them in midweek with a 2-0 home
Michael Flynn column I enjoyed being put on the spot for the T&A webchat with supporters this week. It was an impressive turn-out for a Tuesday afternoon and on the whole there were a lot of genuine questions. If people have got something to ask me
Guiseley find themselves in the unfamiliar position of having to bounce back from a defeat when they make the trip into Lincolnshire to take on Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday. A quarter of the way into the season the Lions are still third in the Blue
Three of the area’s semi-professional clubs are in knockout action on Saturday as the FA Vase reaches the second qualifying round stage. Two of them will be disappointed, having drawn sides from their own league, but LIVERSEDGE have home advantage against
BRADFORD No1 AA: The Calder Championship was won by Nigel Hirst with 14lb of roach to earn him almost £600. John Nuttall had 12lb 2oz to finish second and Tony Peel came third with 11lb 13oz. A total of 83 anglers fished this match. Some of the
Drugs with an estimated street value of £1,000 have been found hidden in a sock in a wall in Bradford. PCSO Joanne Seed, of the Manningham and Toller Neighbourhood Policing Team, made the discovery while on patrol in the Daisy Hill area. She saw two
Steve Parkin today began work as Phil Parkinson's new number two at Valley Parade. The 45-year-old former Rochdale, Barnsley and Mansfield boss has filled the vacancy which was left by Colin Cooper's sudden return to Middlesbrough. Parkin
Nobody seemed quite sure how last Thursday’s members’ forum would pan out, least of all the club themselves. After a third season of failing to make the play-offs, it was never going to be a tea party. As fans filed into the Coral Stand to voice their
Bulls legend Robbie Hunter-Paul is desperately hoping his 17-year professional career does not come to an abrupt halt at the Leigh Sports Village tonight. The 35-year-old former Bradford favourite, who has graced the British game with distinction since
Work to prepare the M62 for the introduction of a £150 million scheme to cut congestion and improve safety will begin on Monday. Details of construction work for the managed motorway project will go on show in Cleckheaton tomorrow and Saturday. The
Police today released new images in a bid to identify and lay to rest a mystery man whose body was found in Baildon three months ago. Photographs of the watch and clothing the dead man was wearing when found were issued in the hope someone will recognise
Jack Reed’s fairytale rise to prominence has earned him an England call-up – and made the good people of Keighley proud. The 23-year-old has been named in Steve McNamara’s squad for the end-of-season Four Nations Series after taking Australia
Detectives are investigating after a man was found hanged hours after a woman claimed she had been seriously sexually assaulted in a churchyard. Police sealed off part of the graveyard beside St Mary the Blessed Virgin church in Gomersal after the woman
Two extra secondary schools are urgently needed to cope with the soaring number of pupils entering Bradford’s overstretched education system, a Labour councillor has warned. Councillor Ralph Berry, Bradford Council’s portfolio holder for children’s and
A uniformed police officer has been caught on camera dropping rubbish at a spot already blighted by flytippers. He was filmed by a security camera belonging to a nearby business, the director of which has previously publicly condemned the people
A first-floor hair and beauty salon has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack in Keighley. The fire swept through Lilly’s Hair and Beauty Salon, in Belgrave Road, in the early hours of yesterday morning. The alarm was raised shortly before 3am
Bradford construction chief Balbir Panesar is in France today to launch his firm’s first overseas contract which has helped the business create 60 jobs. He is marking the start of a £2 million contract won by his business PEC Building & Shopfitting to
Bradford’s film and literary pedigree has provided the inspiration for a new business venture at the award-winning National Media Museum, which was this week named as Yorkshire’s top indoor attraction. The museum is opening a new events space on the
A report today suggesting that Bradford needs two new schools very quickly to cope with the huge pressure for schools places is alarming. Bradford Council is making a case for funding to finance the likely cost of around £80m for two completely new schools
25 years ago: A £1 million investment in more building on Bradford’s Science Park was revealed. 50 years ago: A resolution deploring the expulsion of the ETU from the TUC was defeated by 14 votes to 13 at a meeting of the Bradford Trades Council.
There are few certainties in life. Death and taxes are two of them. The unwisdom of upsetting the Women’s Institute may be a third. Eleven years ago, popular Prime Minister Tony Blair was visibly shocked when his feel-good speech to 10,000 members of
More details have been revealed on the line-up of the first Positive Bradford Day, which is now less than one week away. Visitors to the event will be able to have a go at sizzling samba, energetic zumba and Asian or Chinese dancing after demonstrations
After being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, and undergoing two transplants, Angelo Clarke set up a fundraising venture to help other sufferers – and he aims to top the £100,000 mark at a glittering gala in Bradford. Mr Clarke was diagnosed
Phil Parkinson reckons AFC Wimbledon are a “unique story” – but he wants City to make sure there is no happy ending on Saturday. The Dons will head to Valley Parade for the first time since reforming as a new club. Parkinson, who could
Gareth Raynor yesterday followed Andy Lynch out of Odsal after being axed for a “severe breach of club discipline”. The controversial former Great Britain wing, 33, is searching for a new club after being thrown out after just one season
A £30 million retail development could bring as many as 600 new jobs to Keighley. The two-storey Worth Valley Shopping Centre would occupy most of one side of East Parade. The nine shops would be among the largest in the town centre, rivalling Marks
