Waterloo 38 Bradford & Bingley 30 The Bees gathered a bonus point but find themselves eight points adrift of their hosts and ten points away from escaping the relegation zone with only five games remaining. While salvation is mathematically
Otley 25 Leicester Lions 15 Otley produced a grandstand finish to seal a fine comeback after they were 15-3 down. With just one league point separating the two teams and little between their points difference, it looked like a draw was on the
Pocklington 20 Cleckheaton 43 Cleckheaton returned to winning ways with a six-try display of quality rugby. Ross Hayden opened the scoring for the visitors with a penalty inside five minutes but his side were dealt a blow when hooker Ben Thrower
Bradford Salem 24 Sheffield Medics 20 Bradford Salem’s winning run continued as they toppled leaders Sheffield Medicals. Despite going 3-0 down as the early penalty count went against them, Salem went ahead after slick handling in the backs
Wharfedale 28 Richmond 34 A final-action try secured victory for Richmond in a pulsating match and inflicted a fifth successive home defeat on the Dalesmen. Though the lead changed hands five times, the visitors had, prior to their finishing
Baildon 5 West Park Leeds 28 On the day when Baildon’s relegation was confirmed after a campaign to forget, former coach Dave Duxbury offered a ray of hope. Duxbury, now in charge at West Park Leeds, was at the helm at Jenny Lane until the
Keighley 13 Bridlington 19 Keighley threw this game away when victory would have seen them climb out of the relegation zone. After a tentative start by both teams, the home pack began to dominate, forcing Brid to concede penalties, one of which
Rochdale Hornets 14 Keighley Cougars 40 Paul White claimed a stunning four-try haul as Cougars destroyed Rochdale with a second-half masterclass at Spotland. The winger took centre stage on an afternoon when player-coach Paul March came off
AFC Telford 2 Bradford Park Avenue 1 Bradford Park Avenue suffered defeat by the narrowest of margins at leaders AFC Telford but they will have little time to lick their wounds as they are back in action tonight. The loss saw Avenue slip two
Wibsey 19 Rotherham Clifton 18 Wibsey maintained their position of being the only team in Yorkshire without a bonus point – but, more importantly, they gave their best performance of the season. With the backs boosted by the return of Bryn
Farsley 1 Kendal Town 2 Farsley’s 14-game unbeaten run in Evo-Stik Division One North ground to a halt in front of their own crowd. The home fans were a frustrated bunch as bogey side Kendal Town made it three wins from three meetings this
Histon 1 Guiseley 1 Guiseley missed the chance to build on last Tuesday’s win at promotion-chasing Brackley when they were held to a draw at struggling Histon. The Lions had boosted their late charge for a play-off spot in the Conference North
QPR 1 Leeds United 1 Leeds boss Brian McDermott admitted he was disappointed not to come away from pre-season title favourites QPR without all three points. Ross McCormack’s 24th goal of the season put United in front but midfielder Jermaine
Thackley’s outside hopes of winning the Toolstation Northern Counties East League Premier Division title, and gaining the only promotion place that goes with it, diminished following a 3-2 defeat at Long Eaton United. The hosts took the lead when
Silsden 3 AFC Liverpool 1 Silsden celebrated their first home game since December 14 with a victory against high-flying AFC Liverpool. The win eased the Cobbydalers’ relegation worries and it was a third consecutive home league victory.
Engineers have been working throughout the weekend in an attempt to restore gas supplies to a number of properties in Canal Road, Bradford. Northern Gas Networks have been trying to fix the problem, in partnership with engineers from Yorkshire
The region’s top bands have converged on Bradford’s St George’s Hall for the most important weekend in Yorkshire’s brass banding calendar. In total, 63 bands are taking to the stage at this weekend’s Yorkshire Brass Band Championships to try to
Police have been speaking with the mother of a missing Bradford student who turns 21 tomorrow. Officers looking for Aamir Qudeer were talking to his worried family at their home over the weekend. Friends of the University of Bradford student
Keighley and Ilkley’s Tory MP says government welfare reforms are designed to free those trapped in a “cycle of dependency”, while making the whole system more affordable. Housing minister Kris Hopkins said the government had inherited rules which
4:47pm Bradford Bulls 25 London Broncos 12 The Bulls put their off-field crisis to one side by eking out a potentially priceless victory against London Broncos this afternoon. Francis Cummins’ side have been hit with
A charity ball held in Bradford raised £3,500 for Help for Heroes. The cash was raised by the Yorkshire Region of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES), which held its annual charity ball and training awards at the Cedar
People trying to contact Shipley MP Philip Davies are finding his office telephone line is out-of-order. Mr Davies has spoken of his frustration at the problem, which is also affecting others in the area and could last up to two months. Constituents
Firefighters rescued an elderly woman stuck behind her bedroom door at a Brighouse care home today. The 83-year-old, who has dementia, had fallen and care staff trying to help her could not get to her. A fire and rescue crew from Brighouse
Hundreds of children were huffing and puffing and having fun at Three Little Pigs ballet workshops this weekend. Youngsters at Northern Dance Centre’s Ilkley and Skipton special master-classes got the chance to work with professionals from the
Campaigners have welcomed the continuing resurgence of a city centre pub that looked doomed only a year ago. Owners of the revived Jacob’s are toasting the pub’s future after surviving their first year. Landlady Christina Wagstaff is celebrating
A bedroom blaze that led to a wedding party being evacuated from a house in Manningham is under investigation. Nineteen people, including a man in a wheelchair, fled the detached house in Sylhet Close, just of Lumb Lane, after a smoke detector
Back from skiing and ready for his next Northern Soul dance marathon, Parkinson’s sufferer John Sheffield has just donated £3,300 to support groups in Airedale from the sale of his hand-drawn calenders. Mr Sheffield, 56, of Eldwick, near Bingley
Oakwell Hall is providing the back-drop for a major new BBC drama series. For the past few months the museum in Nutter Lane, Birstall, has played host to a star-studded cast including Marc Warren, a familiar face as professional trickster Danny
