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  • Cougars in seventh heaven after first win

    Keighley Cougars 34, York City Knights 0 Keighley Cougars finally got their Kingstone Press Championship season started after a six-try romp over York this afternoon. It was their first win of the campaign after losing their previous six games

  • Avenue optimistic of playing tomorrow

    Bradford Park Avenue were frustrated by the weather again yesterday but expect the reverse fixture to go ahead tomorrow night. Avenue were due to travel to Oxford City in the Blue Square Bet North Division but the game was called off early morning

  • Leaders Brighouse Town still on right lines

    Brighouse Town stayed on top of the Baris Northern Counties East League Premier Division and boosted their goal difference as they waltzed to an 8-1 home victory over struggling Lincoln Moorlands Railway. Town opened the scoring in the sixth minute

  • Penalty gives Guiseley victory against ten-man Moors

    Guiseley 1, Solihull Moors 0 Josh Wilson’s first-half penalty was enough to separate the sides yesterday, even though Guiseley were unconvincing in this home win against ten-man Solihull Moors. Second place in Blue Square Bet North

  • Farsley are not clinical as winless run continues

    Farsley AFC 1, New Mills 2 Farsley’s grim run of results in Evo-Stik Division One North continued with an unfortunate home defeat to promotion-chasing New Mills yesterday. The home side dominated for long spells and created the greater

  • Second-half fightback secures double for Otley

    Caldy 13, Otley 15 Otley travelled to Caldy in search of an SSE National League Two North double, having won 32-20 in October, only to find conditions similar to last week, which had suited them not at all. This time they

  • Warnock in talks over Leeds United direction

    Leeds United 1, Huddersfield Town 2 Leeds manager Neil Warnock has already spoken to the club’s owners about his possible successor after watching his side’s play-off hopes dealt a huge blow by West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield. Terriers midfielder

  • Duxbury holds his nerve as Baildon win thriller

    Manchester Medics 24, Baildon 26 Jake Duxbury proved he had ice in his veins to kick holders Baildon into the RFU Junior Vase semi-finals yesterday. From a sea of mud, the 18-year-old fly half landed the match-winning penalty in the fifth

  • Wharfedale's trip to Cambridge assumes massive importance

    Wharfedale 12, Old Albanians 15 Wharfedale players and supporters were scratching their heads in disbelief at the end of this SSE National League One match. There was no point asking the large travelling Old Albanians following for their help

  • Warning is issued over ‘green scams’

    Bradford residents are being warned to be on their guard against scammers pretending to offer the Government’s new Green Deal after a dozen complaints about rogue traders in West Yorkshire. In one case, a 76-year-old woman was offered an “old age

  • Firefighters invited to honour Jeff

    Retired firefighters are being invited to attend a ceremony in honour of a former colleague. Jeff Naylor suffered extensive burns when he and fellow crew members battled to rescue five children from a burning home in Ingrow, Keighley, in  1983. He

  • Bradford Council debate plea over waste plans blow

    The Liberal Democrat group has asked Bradford Council to make sure any further discussion regarding the city’s waste management plant, which had its funding pulled last month, is brought before all councillors. Councillor Alun Griffiths (Idle and

  • Bradford Bulls v Hull KR - Live blog

    4:44pm Bradford Bulls 34, Hull KR 12 Adrian Purtell celebrated his comeback with a victory today as the Bulls put their injury crisis to one side by outplaying Hull KR to claim a superb win. The Australian centre was

  • Football centre has retained FA accreditation status

    A football centre in Bradford has hit the back of the net after retaining its FA accreditation status for another year. The Goals Soccer Centre, off Kings Road, received the FA Small Sided Accreditation following a re-assessment process. The

  • Get on your bike for Nightrider fundraiser

    Keen cyclists in Bradford have been urged to take part in this year’s Nightrider 2013 while raising money for St John Ambulance’s life-saving work. The first aid charity has a number of places available for the London-based event, which takes place

  • Ilkley all set for major Medicine Festival

    A celebratory Ilkley Complementary Medicine Festival this month will have a special local focus as it marks 25 years since the first event in the town. The first complementary medicine festival took place in Ilkley in 1988, and present-day organiser

  • Ceremony marks extension progress at BBG Academy

    A ‘bolt-tightening’ ceremony has been held to mark the latest stage in a school’s £5m expansion project. A 160-tonne steel frame has been put in place at BBG Academy in Birkenshaw. It will form the basis for a 3,000 square metre new-build extension