Halifax have re-signed former Bulls winger Rikki Sheriffe on a one-year deal. The former Ovenden junior first played for his home-town club in Super League as a teenager during the 2003 relegation season and represented them for the following two
Former Bulls player Sam Burgess has been selected for the annual Rugby League World XIII, which is chosen by the media, after an absence of two years, while Billy Slater has been picked after a three-year gap. Seven players – Billy Slater
Derby County 3, Leeds United 1 Leeds United manager Neil Warnock thought the outcome of their match at Derby yesterday might have been different if home midfielder Jeff Hendrick had been shown a red card instead of a yellow for a 35th-minute lunge
Guiseley 2 Histon 1 Guiseley strengthened their hold on second spot in the Blue Square Bet North but their home win over struggling Histon was far from straightforward. It was second top at home against second bottom and when the Lions broke
Silsden 1 Bootle 2 The Cobbydalers suffered a heartbreaking defeat at home to high-flying Bootle, with the visitors netting a winner three minutes into stoppage time. The Merseyside outfit were fourth going into the game but their narrow victory
Burscough 5 Farsley 1 Farsley’s Evo-Stik Division One North promotion hopes took a battering with a heavy defeat at mid-table Burscough. Neil Parsley’s men were looking for the victory that could have taken them up to fourth place but the Lancastrians
Phil Parkinson insisted City had been thrown out of the FA Cup because of a “very minor administrative error”. The Bantams fielded on-loan Newcastle defender Curtis Good against Brentford with permission from his parent club but without the correct
Thackley shipped four goals before they got started and a late rally only served to make the scoreline look respectable as they went down 4-2 at home to Wisbech Town in the third round of the FA Vase. An early goal from Steven Reid settled the
There was mixed fortunes for the area’s two remaining clubs in the FA Vase. Brighouse Town marched on while Thackley departed following a third-round defeat. A floodlight failure threatened to derail Town’s bid to reach the fourth round, with
Researchers at the University of Bradford have won a prestigious medical accolade for developing tumour-blasting ‘smart bomb’ technology to treat cancer. Incanthera Ltd, which was set up by staff at the University’s Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Birkenshaw 42 Allerton Bywater 12 Two outstanding tries from full back Ben Nabozny put Birkenshaw on course for a convincing win against First Division relegation candidates Allerton Bywater at East Bierley. Birky struck from the kick-off
Macclesfield 20, Wharfedale 17 This SSE National League One match was a pitched battle in dreadful weather, large parts of it played on or near the try lines. The trouble for Wharfedale was that whereas Macclesfield’s defensive misdemeanours
A charity is searching for Bradford people to take advantage of a free holiday to Blackpool next year. Every year the Bradford-based Fred Towler Trust sends people on a free jolly to the popular seaside resort – and it has another lined up for
Westoe 19, Otley 20 Otley picked up another SSE National League Two North away win yesterday but it proved a struggle. The visitors notched three tries for a 17-0 half-time lead, but Westoe came back at them, delighting in the sticky underfoot
A pop rock musical that starred Bradford’s Gareth Gates has been nominated for a national award. Loserville, which opened at West Yorkshire Playhouse in June before transferring to the West End, has been nominated in the Best New Musical category
Baildon 27, Burley 7 Baildon secured an impressive bonus-point victory yesterday in SSE Yorkshire Division Three which stretches their unbeaten home run since October 2011. Full back Jarrod Huss opened the scoring on nine minutes
Percy Park 13, Bradford & Bingley 21 Bradford & Bingley reached the halfway point in their SSE National League Three North season yesterday and delivered arguably their finest performance so far. They upset the formbook completely by claiming
Cleckheaton 15 ,Keighley 13 Graeme Sheffield reckons he is beginning to sound a bit like a broken record. Keighley’s director of rugby had again just witnessed a wholehearted performance from his team. In many ways they were the
Selby 46, Bradford Salem 7 Bradford Salem suffered a heavy SSE Yorkshire Division Two defeat at the hands of Selby at Sandhill Lane, which virtually put paid to their promotion hopes. Despite having to reshuffle their back line due to
Old Grovians 56, Wetherby 0 Old Grovians made a memorable debut yesterday at their Elm Tree Farm ground across the road from Woodhouse Grove School. Grove were up for the SSE Yorkshire Division Four game from the start, Matt Worrall returning
Nearly 700 vulnerable adults in Bradford were abused in a 12-month period, new figures reveal. Disturbingly, some of the abuse is said to have been carried out by a social worker or a member of the victim’s family. Bradford Council received
A night-time blaze at Cottingley Working Men’s Club, Bingley, would have burned it to the ground without a swift call to emergency services early today. A fire crew from Shipley was first at the scene of the 3.30am fire which took hold in the club
Cheers! Brighton Bill’s Beer Emporium is a unique celebration of Great British brewing run by a former Baildon pub landlord – and is now the newest stall at Shipley Indoor Market. Bill Arnold ran the popular real-ale Junction pub for six years
One of Bradford’s landmark pubs reopens next week after a £150,000 make-over – and it is celebrating the new look by having its old name restored. When the Park Hotel, in Keighley Road, opens its doors on Saturday it will be as The Turf. And licensee
