Wibsey Warriors 28 Bank Top Harriers 18 A well-timed hat-trick from Wibsey Warriors centre Nick Fontaine proved to be the game-breaker in the bottom-of-the-table Pennine League Premier Division clash against Bank Top Harriers at Beldon Lane.
Saltaire Striders’ men won the fourth race in the Peco Cross-Country League at West Park in Leeds on February 16. With three in the top ten and the final three scorers packing well, they scored 293 points for a clear victory over Abbey and Rothwell
A bitter war of words has broken out tonight between the Rugby Football League and the consortium, which today suddenly pulled out of its agreement to buy Bradford Bulls from the administrator. Mark Moore, chairman of Bradford Bulls 2014 Ltd, the
Joe Sayers has tipped a bright future for Yorkshire’s England under-19 stars. Four White-Rose teenagers are currently at the World Cup in Dubai, where England were beaten by Pak-istan in Monday’s semi-final. Seamer Josh Shaw has only played
Victoria Rangers overcame a hectic start to their Pennine League Division Four clash at Dearne Valley Bulldogs before going on to register a hefty 38-14 success on their relentless march to the championship crown. It was a double celebration for
Dudley Hill Rangers under-eights Blues and Reds beat the weather by reverting to an indoor 4G pitch to host Silsden Knights and Silsden Rams respectively in the Keybury League. Man of the match Adam Morris scored a double hat-trick, to go with
Former Yorkshire batsman Joe Sayers is determined to help new club Farsley into trophy-winning contention before leaving them in August for a new career in the city. The 30-year-old opener has signed on at Red Lane, having retired from first-class
A 27-year-old mechanic who dismantled stolen cars valued at an estimated £100,000 at his Baildon business unit was today jailed for two years. Oliver Firth’s criminal activities at an industrial unit on Otley Road only came to an end last month
Heckmondwike Cycle Speedway Club have two new signings ahead of the new season, which starts next month. Bury's Tom Whitwam, who, at the ripe old age of ten, is already a team champion in the Northern League and Manchester League and a runner-up
RFL Chief Operating Officer Ralph Rimmer has issued the following statement in response to criticism of the governing body’s action during the most recent insolvency event at Bradford Bulls. He said: “It is disappointing and disingenuous for Bradford
Bulls chairman Mark Moore has announced that Bradford Bulls 2014 Ltd, the holding company which had a bid to purchase the club accepted last week, has today withdrawn its offer. On Thursday, Leeds-based administrator David Wilson accepted an offer
The Football League has confirmed it is still in talks with Leeds over the club’s proposed £25million takeover by Italian businessman Massimo Cellino. Cellino’s company Eleonora Sport Ltd exchanged contracts with Leeds’ owners Gulf Finance House
The developer and investor behind Bradford’s new shopping centre have announced that three companies have been signed up for its food court. Westfield and Meyer Bergman said that KFC, Burger King and Hey Potato will take space in the £260m Broadway
Keighley's Girlguiding movement turned out in force for its annual Thinking Day celebration. The event featured a parade – led by the City of Bradford Pipe Band – and a service at the Shared Church, attended by Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and leaders
Campaigners on horseback rode into town to protest at a housing plan which could see their riding school made homeless. Ten riders from Throstle Nest Riding School, Fagley, took to their horses to make the journey to City Hall, where they handed
Pupils at Lilycroft Primary School are getting their running shoes on to help them celebrate Shrove Tuesday next week. Pancake races will be the order of the day with the whole community being invited to go along and join in the fun. The event
Air cadets are staging an open evening. Potential new recruits are being invited to go along, with a parent or guardian, to learn more about the organisation. The event takes place at the 2431 (Keighley) Squadron ATC meeting place – the Drill
Bradford Bulls’ worst fears were realised today when they were docked six points as punishment for entering administration last month. OK Bulls Ltd was placed into administration on January 31 following a long-running control for ownership of the
A business admin apprentice with Bradford District Care Trust has been shortlisted for Regional Advanced Apprentice of the Year Award by NHS Health and Education Yorkshire and Humber. Courtenay White faces tough competition from two other candidates
A pie created by TV chef James Martin is the most popular at a pub in Wyke. The chicken, pulled ham and leek pie is on the menu at Wyke Lion, Whitehall Road, and has gone down well with pie-lovers. The announcement comes ahead of British Pie
An International Women’s Day is being held at Delius Arts and Cultural Centre, Great Horton Road, Bradford, on Friday, March 7, from 11am. Events include singing and plant pot decorating. Call (01274) 256924 for further information.
Yorkshire Water is warning customers to beware bogus callers after several incidents in the Pudsey area. The company said all genuine employees carry identification and on the rare occasions the company visits customers’ properties, this identification
It was when she noticed large clumps of hair in her hairbrush, and in the bath, that Amy Johnson knew something was wrong. The turning point came when she woke up one morning and there was a lot of hair left on her pillow. Reaching to the back
With her floral bomber-style blouson, dusky pink lipstick and mid-heeled black patent shoes, Connie Galilee could give Britain’s most stylish baker – Mary Berry – a run for her money. Cooking was Connie’s forte throughout her career, and still
The style circus of Autumn/Winter 14 Fashion Month is officially in full swing, stopping off at New York, London, Milan and Paris. But there are a couple of problems with the decadent designer pieces showcased on the catwalks... Firstly, you can
Four senior appointments have been made at a Cleckheaton-based software company to help it keep pace with rising demand for its cloud-based services. KeyedIn Solutions, which has grown to more than 50,000 users globally in the last two years, has
The stresses and strains of everyday life can take their toll. Women, in particular, are busy juggling day-to-day responsibilities that careers and family life bring, so it is no surprise that new figures reveal more than six out of ten hospital
ABradford teenager is preparing to give the biggest speech of his life – in front of 12,000 people, including Richard Branson and Al Gore. Mohammed Usman, 17, a sixth form pupil at Grange Technology College, is preparing to travel to Wembley Arena
The style merry-go-round of clothing collections has stopped spinning for another season. Over five whirlwind days, 77 designers showcased their Autumn/Winter 2014 collections at London Fashion Week. And an estimated 5,000 show-goers braved
Most of us don’t think twice when buying bananas as part of our weekly shop. We pick up a bunch and stick it the trolley along with our other goods. But if we were to get the chance to trace that banana back to its roots, we would uncover something
Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of a spate of burglaries that have occurred in the Daisy Hill area of Bradford this weekend. There had been several burglaries where houses had been targeted for watches and jewellery. One
A former social club next to Shipley Railway station can now be used as student flats after a planning application was granted by Bradford Council. Zamir Hussain had applied to turn the building, on the Stead Street cul-de-sac and empty for several
Restaurant owner Harry Khinda has his fingers crossed that his Bradford venue will become the first curry restaurant outside London to gain a coveted Michelin star for its cuisine. For Harry, who has run Zaara’s on Bradford Road, Shipley, since
Three stars of the hit TV show Make Bradford British will host a workshop in the city tomorrow. Rashid Khan, Desmond Henry and Damon Scully will spend five hours chatting to youngsters at e:merge youth centre, on Pawson Street, about diversity,
Cities, communities and local organisations across the UK are being asked to host an Armed Forces Day event this summer to show their support for our servicemen and women, past and present, with funding available to support the festivities. No
Bev Petrossian has been named Employee of the Year ahead of 1,400 workers at one of the area’s top organisations. Bev, leadership and learning manager at Skipton Building Society, received the accolade at the society’s annual conference. Bev
City’s first back-to-back clean sheets of the season will not deflect Phil Parkinson from his on-going search for another left back, according to Wayne Jacobs. Parkinson has been in the hunt for a specialist for the role ever since James Meredith
A housing development on the site of a demolished leisure centre has been approved by Bradford Council. Raja Hussain had applied to build four houses at the former Game On Leisure Centre on Birch Lane, West Bowling, a snooker hall that was demolished
Firefighters called to a blaze at a terraced house in Bradford uncovered a cannabis factory hidden in the attic today. Two crews from Bradford fire station were called to the home, in Dudley Street, off Dick Lane, Tyersal, at about 4am. The
SIR – Yet again, the outrageous hypocrisy of the Windsor family has come to the fore this week. Prince Harry and Prince William both enjoy blood sports. Both shoot animals for fun. Both have the brass neck to come out and campaign for calls to
SIR – The good news is NHS England has just announced it is postponing its intention to share patients’ medical records for six months. They are apparently doing this because they seek to win public support for the plan. Hopefully, with wider
SIR – I was pleased to read that Silsden Town Council has responded in a positive way to the recently published report of the residents’ survey. I was a member of the group of volunteers who undertook the survey on behalf of the Town Council, who
SIR – Bradford Council won’t back the HS2 project. I totally agree with them. Bradford won’t benefit from it at all. Others on this page have mentioned the cross-rail link recently, something that will benefit this city, but there are those who think
SIR – The fortnightly Council recycling bin collection for our entire street was missed on Tuesday, February 18 – our normal collection day. I rang the Council helpline to report this, and a disembodied electronic voice asked me to state my postcode
I have been living under a false identity for the past 25 years. It’s not quite as Bourne Identity as it sounds – unless the Bourne Identity was set on a university campus in the East Midlands. When I was approaching the end of my university
Many young people who leave school and are keen to enter the world of work often find they are told that further education is the key to getting a foothold on the career ladder. Not everyone, however, is suited to continuing academic study, but
A great-grandson is taking part in a skydive in May to raise money for a charity close to his heart. Tom Featherstone, of Otley, who works in the town’s Sainsbury’s, will jump out of a plane to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society in memory
A woolly bike project is steering a course to Haworth. Yarn artist Cassandra Kilbride, famous for her crochet street art, is holding workshops at the Bronte Parsonage Museum. The sessions, on May 27 and 29, are among 20 being held across Yorkshire
Labour could merge police forces and axe police and crime commissioners as part of a drive to save money on public services if it wins power, according to a senior party Treasury spokesman. Chris Leslie, a former Shipley MP, will use his first
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown – who took the decision to nationalise and break up the Bradford & Bingley banking operation at the height of the financial crisis – has been invited to meet his critics in Bradford later this year. Campaigners
The Vice-Chancellor of Bradford University has mounted an impassioned defence of its Chancellor Imran Khan after a student motion was lodged calling for him to stand down. Next month the University’s Student Union will vote on the motion which
Dawn French, the erstwhile Vicar of Dibley, will be bringing her first solo tour to Bradford. Based on her life and career, which includes popular television comedy shows with Jennifer Saunders and marriage to Lenny Henry, her show is called 30
A Council-owned community centre has become a “boys’ club” for a group of Bangladeshi men, according to angry residents. People have raised concerns that Bradford Moor Community Centre in Mortimer Street has become a meeting place for a select
Epilepsy Action Bradford is holding its seventh 10k road race round the city centre on Sunday, March 16, starting and finishing in Centenary Square. The course will be closed to traffic for the event, supported by Bradford Council and Airedale
A Keighley businessman left blind in one eye after doctors failed to diagnose and treat a serious eye condition hopes the hospital Trust he sued for damages will learn lessons. The 52-year-old, who does not want to be named, had been under the
The Chuckle Brothers are bringing some half-term fun to Bradford. Their new show, The Chuckle Brothers 2014 Space Oddity, is on at St George’s Hall on Thursday at 2pm. The family show sees Paul and Barry visit a toy shop, where they notice
Young performers are putting on a show to raise funds for a fellow student travelling to Venezuela to stay with tribal communities. The show, Razzle Dazzle ’Em, is being staged by Stardom School for Performing Arts in aid of World Challenge.
The number of people facing a reduction in housing benefit because of the bedroom tax has dropped by 14.7 per cent in Bradford, latest figures reveal. Statistics for last November show 3,014 social housing tenants in Bradford had a reduction in
Members of Bradford’s Ukrainian community are continuing an anxious wait for more information in light of rapidly-changing events in their home country. Although optimistic about the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych, they are cautious about
A pre-inquest review has been held by a coroner into the death of a Silsden man. Tony Hopkins, 58, died last October after falling while carrying out maintenance work at an Iceland store in Rotherham. He was working on an air-conditioning unit
A programme of maintenance continues to take place in Otley. The town is the focus of road resurfacing at five sites in preparation for the Tour de France Grand Depart in July. Most of the work is being carried out Monday to Thursday, avoiding
People in Keighley who want to ensure they can kick their drug or alcohol habit for good have been offered help. A free course operated by the group Keighley Choices is due to resume next month. The weekly sessions will be run in conjunction
Firefighters cleared smoke from a flat in Frizinghall after an elderly woman left a plastic-topped pan lid upside down on the hob. The 96-year-old was uninjured. The incident happened at a flat on Cliffe Gardens at 4.20pm.
Volunteers young and old have cleaned up their streets. The Yorkshire branch of the Sant Nirankari Mission organised a street-cleaning drive across the BD3 postcode area of Bradford. Volunteers aged four to 65 braved the cold last Saturday to sweep
A new training centre to help teenagers in Bradford get a job in the construction industry will open in September. The Centre of Excellence in the Built Environment is part of a wave of centres for excellence designed to give pupils valuable experience
Horse equipment valued at thousands of pounds has been stolen from a riding school leaving its owner to question how her business can recover. The 18 saddles and 25 bridles and “every single piece of spare tack” were taken overnight from St Ives
The Bulls’ punishment for entering administration is set to be announced by the Rugby Football League tomorrow. The threat of a points deduction has been looming since OK Bulls Ltd, the club’s former holding company, was placed into administration
Councillors will need the wisdom of Solomon to solve a speed hump row which has split a Keighley street’s residents down the middle. Questionnaires given to householders in Providence Crescent, Oakworth, have come back with 50.46 per cent in favour
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Ilkley: demolition of existing conservatory and replace with orangery to left side of property with widening of driveway entrance B and addition of two entrance gates,
Staff and well-wishers at the nursery where poorly twin Grace Hitchen was cared for as a healthy baby have raised an amazing £2,000 towards her dream trip to swim with Florida dolphins. Kiddi-Creche, in Bingley, dedicated a week to the cause of
The convicted murderer of an 85-year-old man in West Yorkshire was arrested yesterday after escaping on leave from prison. Paul Maxwell, 49, disappeared while visiting Rochdale on Friday while on day release from HMP Buckley Hall with prison staff
Andrew Davies reckons James Hanson has stepped up a gear since committing his long-term future to City. Hanson has been back to his dominant best in the successive home wins that have revived their League One campaign and scored the decider against
Firefighters were called after a two-year-old boy locked his mother out of their house in Wrose. The upset youngster was trapped for ten minutes in the property on Thornacre Crescent yesterday – but soon cheered up when firefighters showed him
A pensioner who attended Bradford Royal Infirmary suffering chest pains died while waiting for a CT scan, an inquest has heard. Lilly Russell, 67, of Woodend Court, West Bowling, was in such pain she could not wait for an ambulance and took herself
A number of Bradford schools will be teaching two-year-olds from April as part of a Government bid to provide education for disadvantaged toddlers. A planning application for a new early years section at Fagley Primary School in Falsgrave Avenue
Shipley MP Philip Davies has slammed as “despicable” death threats received by frontline staff who decide if people claiming sick benefits are actually fit to work. He claimed there was no justification for threatening the workers at Atos, the
Duvets are usually looked upon with fondness by weary Monday-morning commuters but that was not the case for rail passengers yesterday. An errant bedspread brought chaos to the Airedale rail network during the morning rush-hour, after becoming
A mother suspected of murdering her young daughter last night remained in a critical condition in hospital – although police say her condition has slightly improved. Detectives are still waiting to question the woman about what happened a week
More than one in five patients in parts of Bradford are unable to get a GP appointment when they need one, doctors are warning. Hundreds of people in central areas of the city complained they could not book a slot, in official surveys carried out
Guiseley will be champing at the bit as they look to get back into league action tonight but they face a tough test on their return with a trip to Brackley Town. The Lions’ last Conference North outing was a 1-0 home defeat to Worcester City over
