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City have signed Sunderland centre half John Egan on loan until January. The 20-year-old Cork-born defender will train with the club for the first time on Monday. He could be involved in the home game against Chesterfield.

When Mary Peace came into the world in 1912, few people would have expected her to reach 100. She was born at home weighing only 2lb and was immediately put into a home-made incubator to be kept warm. She said: “They put me in a shoebox on

The 66th Bradford (Yorkshire) Festival of Remembrance takes place at St George's Hall tomorrow. Acts include The Sarah Packham Theatre School, The City of Bradford Brass Band, soprano Claire McKay and 1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron ATC Drum Section

A short-film about the problems facing Keighley’s youth will be filmed at various locations across the town this weekend. The Lund Park Community Group hope their short film, Bottle, will give a voice to young people who may normally go ignored

A skate park project in Bingley hosted an open day to raise awareness of staying safe, especially during the winter months. The event was held at the Bradford Council-run The Daily Grind SK8 Project for teenagers who enjoy skating or riding BMX

3:53pm Some of the #bcafc players could end up playing 60 games plus this season — @bennmoz 03 November 2012 3:51pm City deserve to lead 1-0 at half-time.

Hundreds of struggling families in the district will benefit from a bumper harvest collection for Bradford Foodbank, which has brought in a record 5.5 tonnes of food. The charity’s operation has seen tins and packets brought from all corners of

Even the mad clapper, or Hammerhands as he was quickly christened in the press box, had gone silent. The pounded palms were for once shoved in his pockets. The most ardent Wigan fan had been reduced to an embarrassed silence. I had not met

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled its latest weapon in its ongoing battle against hospital superbugs. The Foundation Trust, which manages Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospital, is to become just the second

The fragile career of a footballer has been highlighted this week by the terrible news that Luke Oliver is no longer part of City’s season. While the rest of the team he has been such a big part of were preparing for their cup glory night at Wigan

An iconic building in Skipton town centre is to be offered for sale at an auction in London. Regal Buildings on Keighley Road, which currently provides a ground- floor retail unit and a nightclub, is let to a leisure operator until 2031 at a rent

A brother and sister who attacked a woman and her uncle as she celebrated her 21st birthday were spared an immediate jail sentence. Tanya Stather, 25, hit Samantha Kellett on the forehead with a glass or bottle while she was on the dance floor

A meat-feast of a contest will soon decide who makes the best bangers in Yorkshire. Butchers are sharpening their knives in preparation for the Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage and Products competition. Judges have the enviable task of sampling

A farmer died after being run over by his own tractor in a tragic accident, an inquest has heard. Philip Hughes, 82, was crushed beneath one of the wheels of his “pride and joy” tractor at Carr House Farm, in Wyke, on August 30. Bradford Coroner

A haul of Yorkshire stone flags has been discovered in the garden of a Bradford house by police investigating a spate of thefts, including the lifting of gravestones from the Old Bell Chapel, Thornton. Officers found 50 slabs at an address in Northcliffe

Shipley MP Philip Davies has called for the Metropolitan Police to reopen its investigation against former minister Denis McShane, who has admitted fiddling expenses, and expressed his alarm that the Rotherham Labour MP was being protected by parliamentary

A man who sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he met in a park after plying her with lemonade spiked with vodka has been jailed for 12 months. David Carroll, of Park Avenue, Saltaire, made sexual suggestions to the teenager after she followed

Unscrupulous shopkeepers have been selling banned fireworks to children as young as 13 in Bradford, trading standards officers have warned. Shopkeepers and members of the public have been urged to be on the lookout following reports of children

A man who admitted production of cannabis will be sentenced this month. Lewis Foster, 27, of New Street, Idle, Bradford, appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday. The court heard ten cannabis plants were found in the attic at his home.

The manager of a bookies stole takings to fund his online gambling habit. Steven Marren, 27, of North Dean Road, Keighley, stole £13,020 from William Hill Bookmakers in Swadford Street, Skipton, between April 30 and June 16, Skipton magistrates

A sword-brandishing robber wearing a grotesque Halloween mask has been jailed for four years. Anthony Marshall, 23, terrified two women shop assistants at Listers newsagent in Stone Hall Road, Eccleshill, Bradford. He deliberately targeted

Lifelong Arsenal fan Zavon Hines admits it will be tough to switch off from the tantalising prospect of facing his heroes. City’s hugely-anticipated Capital One Cup quarter-final with the Gunners is still over five weeks away and Phil Parkinson

Parts of the M62 will be closed overnight tonight and tomorrow as part of £150 million improvement works. Tonight, the motorway will be closed eastbound from junction 28 at Tingley, with a diversion in place. Tomorrow, the eastbound carriageway

Health chiefs in the Bradford district have defended the use of a controversial end-of-life care pathway for terminally ill patients in the face of negative press nationally. Eighty-five per cent of trusts nationally, including Bradford Teaching

A dramatic explosion rocked a Bradford area when a fire took hold in a house, thanks to a tea-light candle. Bradley Street, in Frizinghall, was caught up in the drama when a blaze started in the home of a Slovakian family. The intense fire,

England boss Steve McNamara has revealed that Bulls scrum half Luke Gale is on his 2013 World Cup radar. Gale enjoyed an outstanding debut campaign at Odsal and impressed again for the second-tier England Knights at the end of the season. The