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  • Salts with revenge chance against Campion

    There will be a vastly reduced West Riding County Amateur League fixture list this weekend as the local District FA Cup competitions take precedence. Salts, who were beaten 2-1 by Campion in last season's Bradford & District FA Cup final, find

  • Yorkshire up against it after rain ruins Mumbai Indians clash

    Yorkshire’s hopes of advancing to the Champions League t20 semi-finals suffered a blow tonight with a washout against Mumbai Indians at Newlands in Cape Town. The White Rose took two points from their second of four fixtures and now need to win

  • No superstar treatment for Bradford ace Witter

    Junior Witter accepts he will never be the main man in his gym – even if he keeps his glittering boxing career alive. Witter is tuning up for the first defence of the British welterweight belt against unbeaten Frankie Gavin at York Hall on November

  • In-form Farsley in sight of summit

    Farsley are in rude health after a superb run in Evo-Stik League Division One North and victory on Saturday could see them go top if leaders Mossley slip up. The second-placed Throstle Nest side host mid-table Cammell Laird looking for their seventh

  • UEFA should make an example of Serbia and ban them

    Ricky Ravenhill column: Thankfully you don’t see any racism at our level of the game. I don’t know about the top division but in our league it is not a problem. In general, it’s something we have worked on in this country and I’d say it was under

  • Angling Lines

    BRADFORD No1 AA The final round of this year’s Calder League was won by Tony Peel with five chub weighing a total of 11lb 12oz. Steve Raper came second with 8lb 3oz of grayling from Lillands followed by Tom Gausden with 7lb 7oz. Dave Topham won

  • High stakes leave Guiseley boss Kittrick nervous

    Mid-table Evo-Stik Premier Division club Buxton will obviously be treated with the utmost of respect when they visit Guiseley on Saturday in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup. But Lions boss Steve Kittrick did allow himself to daydream

  • Wibsey seeking swift double

    Wibsey are aiming for a second successive victory over Adwick le Street. Last weekend they were beaten 30-13 in the Yorkshire Silver Trophy in Doncaster, and on Saturday they clash in SSE Yorkshire Division Five in Bradford. Wibsey’s coach

  • Bees aiming to get away from the scrum

    Bradford & Bingley, still miffed about the unfairness of uncontested scrums that contributed to their 57-42 defeat at Penrith last Saturday, are aiming for only their second victory of the season on Saturday. The Bees, who are second from bottom

  • Leeds United: Austin a doubt for derby ‘cracker’

    Rodolph Austin’s ever-present record for Leeds could be under threat in tomorrow night’s televised Yorkshire derby at Sheffield Wednesday. The Jamaican midfielder faces a late check along with Michael Tonge before Neil Warnock names his side for

  • Sanasy targets Silsden success

    Former Bantams and Park Avenue forward Kevin Sanasy will be hoping to continue his good start with new club Silsden on Saturday. Sanasy, who also played at Farsley, made his debut in the Cobbydalers’ 2-1 win over Squires Gate in midweek and the

  • Bumper crowd is expected at Cleckheaton

    Cleckheaton are expecting two-and-a-half times their normal crowd (500 rather than 200) for the visit of neighbours Morley to Moorend in SSE North One East on Saturday. “We gave our best performance of the season in losing 29-19 at Beverley

  • Morgan to compete against world's best swimmers in Berlin

    Siân Morgan will be flying the British flag this weekend as she makes her senior international debut for Great Britain. The 18-year-old former Bradford Grammar School swimmer, now studying and training at Edinburgh University, has been selected

  • Youngsters can help West Bowling be kings at spiritual home

    West Bowling are seeking to maintain their impressive start to the Pennine League Championship Division when they welcome Kings Cross Park to Emsleys Rec on Saturday. The return to their spiritual home, after the trauma of leaving the Bankfoot

  • Victory at Eccles would be icing on the cake for Hill

    Bradford Dudley Hill travel to Eccles on Saturday in what will be a nerve-jangling last game of the National Conference League season. Hill have to win to gain promotion to the Premier Division, and their fortunes are still in their hands

  • Police hunt driver following high-speed chase in Bradford

    A crazed driver hurtled through red lights and forced other motorists to mount the kerb to avoid him during a high-speed rush-hour police chase in Bradford last night. He also drove on the wrong side of traffic islands during the ten-minute pursuit

  • Brownlee junior hoping to cap brilliant season

    Jonny Brownlee will hope to cap a brilliant year for his family by following in the footsteps of brother Alistair and fellow Bingley Harrier and being crowned world champion in New Zealand this weekend. The Bramhope pair became the first British

  • John Julius Norwich, King's Hall

    For the closing event at a literature festival, John Julius Norwich might seem an odd choice. Indeed, on Sunday, King’s Hall was only about two-thirds full. But, if you didn’t go, you missed a treat. Lord Norwich’s culture and erudition shone as he

  • Sandi Toksvig, King's Hall

    King’s Hall was full to capacity for Sandi Toksvig. Her delivery is remarkable for its speed, concision, clarity and flashes of humour. She and interviewer James Nash covered a huge range of topics, from her Danish/English parentage, via her arrival

  • Clare Balding, King's Hall

    Clare Balding received an enthusiastic welcome from a capacity crowd at King’s Hall on Friday evening. Already a well-known sports presenter for radio and television, it was undoubtedly her widely acclaimed coverage of this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics

  • Richard Ford, Ilkley Playhouse

    Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford was in fine form for his return to Ilkley on Saturday with a display of wit and wisdom that charmed an already doting Playhouse audience. Adding a beguiling, drooling American voice to the characters in his latest

  • Andrew Motion, Clarke Foley Centre

    Loss and a longing to resurrect the past were the overriding themes of an emotional talk by former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. Ranking as one of the absolute highlights of this year’s festival, Motion gave a warm and personal insight into how

  • Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, King's Hall

    Talented TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall proffers a magic solution to everyone’s culinary challenges in his new best-selling recipe book Three Good Things ... On A Plate! Speaking to a an increasingly hungry King’s Hall audience last Thursday

  • Dry stone walling workshop event

    A dry stone walling workshop has been added as a post-Ilkley Literature Festival event, organisers have revealed. The event takes place on Saturday on Ilkley Moor under the expert tutelage of Nick Ferguson, who designed and built the Stanza Stones

  • Ilkley Literature Festival breaks all the records

    Ilkley Literature Festival’s 2012 programme broke all records by attracting more than 25,000 visitors in total to its 200-plus events. This year’s 17-day festival officially came to a close on Sunday, and festival director Rachel Feldberg has labelled

  • A right royal do for Bradford's hospital radio

    Radio Royal’s 60th anniversary party gained the celebrity seal of approval today. Comedian Billy Pearce and former World snooker champion and honorary Radio Royal president Joe Johnson, were among guests at the Bradford Royal Infirmary’s Field

  • Bank praised for Drighlington nursery firm's expansion

    Multi-million pound backing from bankers has paved the way for 30 new jobs at a nursery business which has moved into bigger headquarters. The funds from Yorkshire Bank have enabled Drighlington-based Kaleido-scope Day Nurseries Ltd to move into

  • Now that’s a novel idea!

    Pupils at a Bingley primary school have been rewarded for their successes in a summer reading challenge. A special assembly was held at Eldwick Primary School where certificates were handed out to pupils who completed the challenge. A total

  • Cookbook treat for top customer

    Bradford’s award-winning Prashad restaurant has unveiled its first recipe book with a signing event at Waterstones in the city. And the very first copy went to its oldest and most loyal customer 85-year-old BB Patel, who was one of the first to

  • Bradford Bulls chiefs get down to business with Hetherington

    The Bulls received a helping hand from an unlikely source this week – Leeds supremo Gary Hetherington. Coach Francis Cummins and football and media manager Stuart Duffy met Rhinos chief executive Hetherington on Monday at Headingley to discuss

  • Poignant tribute to Nab Wood funeral director David Birch

    A third-generation funeral director will have his coffin carried into church by six Bradford undertakers as a poignant sign of respect when family and friends say their final farewells to him tomorrow. David Birch, of Nab Wood’s H H Birch &

  • East Bowling club’s hours move gets the go-ahead

    A Bradford working men’s club has been granted a partial extension to its opening hours by councillors – despite objections from neighbours and a petition of more than 70 signatures. At a meeting at City Hall yesterday members of the Council’s

  • Vulnerable in Bradford to get homes insulation help

    The homes of some of Bradford’s most vulnerable people will be insulated to improve their health during the winter months. The district has been given a slice of a £2.5 million grant fund awarded to the Leeds City Region by the Department of Energy

  • Biker hospitalised after collision in Yeadon

    A motorcyclist had to be taken to hospital after his bike was in a collision with a car in Yeadon. Emergency services were first called to Harrogate Road, near the junction with Otley Old Road, at 6.09am today following reports of a collision between

  • Fleeing suspect under arrest after three-car smash

    A man was last night under arrest on suspicion of car theft and dangerous driving after a police chase ended in a three-car smash. After rolling a Ford Focus at the Valley Road junction with Canal Road, the suspect was wrestled to the ground by

  • Keighley teenager in hospital after brain bug alert

    A 15-year-old Keighley boy is in hospital after being diagnosed with meningitis. The boy, who has not been named but attends Holy Family Catholic School in the town, is being treated at Airedale Hospital, Steeton. Lawrence Bentley, head of

  • Keighley man banned from keeping animals over death of dog

    A Keighley man who killed his girlfriend’s dog after smacking the animal so hard it was left with injuries likened to being hit by a car has been banned from keeping animals for two years. Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court heard Luke Simpson

  • Bradford jobless up – but fewer on the dole

    The number of people trapped in long-term unemployment is continuing to rise across Bradford – but the overall number on the dole is falling. The number of people claiming out-of-work benefits for more than a year has risen to 5,785, up from 5,570

  • Bradford school attendance figures are improving

    Pupil absences at schools in Bradford have improved faster than in Yorkshire and across the rest of the country, the latest figures have revealed. But absences in the district have remained higher than the national and the regional average, according