Refugees and asylum seekers who have sought sanctuary in Bradford represented their homelands in a football tournament. Teams representing countries including Angola, Kurdistan and Malawi battled it out at the Goals soccer centre off Kings Road, Swain
Anti-snap locks could stop burglars breaking into homes using a technique which started in Bradford and is responsible for one in four burglaries in West Yorkshire. Social enterprise Community Action and Support Against Crime (CASAC) is urging
The vast majority of JCT 600 Bradford Cricket League matches were abandoned today, after heavy rain left pitches waterlogged. These ladies from East Bierley Cricket Club were left with no-one to serve tea to, after the club's fixture with Woodlands
The world’s largest training shoe – the size of a car – arrived in Bradford city centre today. The trainer, measuring four metres by 1.5 metres by 1.7 metres, and the equivalent of a size 454 shoe, was the star of the show at a “swishing” party, arranged
Firefighters from Brighouse used an engine-powered rescue boat to reach a party of nine people on a barge, threatened by rising water on a lock during flooding in Calderdale overnight. The fire crew led the passengers from the barge and
Bulls players and staff were today assured that the club are working hard behind the scenes to attract the investment required to stave off the threat of administration. The board of directors say they have meetings lined up early next week
Fans group Friends of Bradford City are seeking divine intervention for a promotion push. The 14th Dalai Lama, Tensin Gyatso, has been appointed honorary president of the Friends and was given a personalised Bantams shirt in his favourite claret and
The first phase in a major project to provide a new school building for pupils at an inner-city primary school looks set to be approved next week. Planning permission is being sought for a new building on the existing playing field at Princeville Primary
Comedian Dara O’Briain is coming to Bradford, it has been announced. The Irish funnyman, who hosts BBC2’s Mock the Week and The Apprentice: You’re Fired, is bringing his show, Craic Dealer, to St George’s Hall this autumn. The gig follows his 150-date
Police have launched an appeal to track down a Polish woman on the run despite being convicted of organising a series of sham marriages. Detectives believe Andzelina Surmaj is somewhere in Bradford, the city where she had been living before
It could be the friendly to beat all friendlies at Valley Parade. When Bury’s pre-season visit on August 4 was announced a while back, it was greeted with the usual shrug of a shoulder. City facing a League One club in the build-up is
Mick Potter was asked on Thursday lunchtime whether giving his squad a week off would benefit them heading into tomorrow’s visit of Wakefield. After the 54-0 reverse at St Helens a fortnight ago, Potter and many of his players enjoyed several
The son of a Second World War veteran, who died earlier this month, has paid tribute to his father’s heroic wartime efforts. Ron Hadaway, who lived in Skipton for 20 years, died on June 10 at the age of 92. Mr Hadaway was one of the last three survivors
The debate that has raged in a million living rooms has been settled in ours at least. We’re no longer arguing about who is the best footballer on the planet. Move over Messi. The verdict from the Parker jury is a unanimous shout for Cristiano Ronaldo
Two teenagers have been told to expect to lose their liberty for a “significant period” after they were convicted yesterday of deliberately wounding a vulnerable man. Matthew Ellis needed emergency surgery on his head after he was struck by a rock, and
Senior Bradford councillors yesterday discussed the implications of Government plans to reduce support for Council Tax benefit as part of reforms which will see local authorities taking on responsibility for the benefit. Under the new arrangements
A double medallist and a talented teenage athlete both got their hands on the Olympic torch yesterday. Great Britain rower Debbie Flood, from Guiseley, who won silver medals at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games in Athens and Beijing, carried the flame
A hospital worker who showed the commitment of an Olympic athlete to lose half her body weight and transform her life will carry the Olympic Torch on Monday. Michelle Lay-Flurrie, 34, of Barkerend, who works as a technician in the plaster room in orthopaedic
Military enthusiasts are flocking to Hunsworth, Cleckheaton, this weekend for The Yorkshire Wartime experience, which got underway yesterday. Located on 30 acres of land known as the Strawberry Fields, the event involves one of the largest
A woman who “very nearly killed” an antique shop owner who clung to the bonnet of her car as he tried to stop her driving off has been given a suspended jail sentence. Mandy McGuigan was banned from driving when she appeared at Bradford Crown
Brendan Guilfoyle thinks the Bulls look certain to enter administration after admitting the funds required to save the crisis-torn club were still not forthcoming. Up to £1.2million is needed to safeguard the Bulls’ future until the end of
Veteran Gary Jones insists he is not coming to Valley Parade for one last pay day. The former Rochdale stalwart played a staggering 531 games in 11 years at Spotland and was an ever-present for the past two seasons in League One. He recently turned
Brave grannie Jean Hoodless battled with an armed robber in her home – telling him “my knife is bigger than yours”. Drug addict John Surtees got more than he bargained for after walking into 65-year-old Miss Hoodless’s living room, pointing
