3:58pm Catalan Dragons 46, Bradford Bulls 4 Elliott Whitehead and Leon Pryce were among the try-scorers as Catalan Dragons condemned the Bulls to another heavy defeat this afternoon. Francis Cummins’ men made an appalling
A group of scouts were given a VIP tour of the Esholt waste water treatment works. Yorkshire Water welcomed members of the 47th North Bradford Scouts and lifted the lid on the multi-million pound equipment used there as part of the scouts’ work
Kirklees Council will publicise its volunteer service’s 30 most outstanding achievements to mark Volunteers’ Week. The Gateway Volunteer Service encourages people to volunteer in the health and social care sector. Kirklees Councillor Jean Calvert
A Coroner has described the tragic death of a toddler whose clothing caught alight when she went too close to a gas fire as “every parent’s worst nightmare”. Hawwa Khan, aged 23 months, suffered 60 per cent burns in the accident at her home in
A day-long music festival and family event scheduled to take place in Saltaire today has been cancelled on safety grounds following the bank-holiday downpours. Heavy rain yesterday and overnight has left the Hirst Wood Lock site waterlogged and
A debate aimed at getting more people talking about the impact of racism in today’s society will be hosted by Bradford University next week. Described as an “interactive race debate” Tuesday’s R Word event is being held by the Runnymede Trust as
Bradford defeated Halifax 32-24 in the Yorkshire Veterans Inter-District League to make it two wins out of two. It was a disappointing home result at Peel Park, with four winners each, but Graham Oliver 21-9 and Nino Esposito 21-10 ensured Bradford
Police investigating a number of shootings involving air rifles have asked any families with such weapons to keep them secured at home. Three people, including two teenage girls, have been hit by pellets in the Killinghall Road area of Bradford
A Pace the Train charity challenge planned for this weekend has been postponed. The annual event – in which cyclists try to beat a steam train from Keighley to Oxenhope – was due to take place tomorrow. But organisers say entries were down
Children from Bradford have been challenged to grow a sunflower with the ‘fattest face’ to raise funds for a charity working with young people with learning difficulties. The competition is being run by the charity Bibic as part of its ‘Smile’
Bulls coach Francis Cummins senses his team’s ailing fortunes could be about to change as clubs reach the halfway mark of the Super League season Bradford remain deep in relegation trouble, eight points adrift of third-bottom Wakefield, as they prepare
Mason Tonks has revealed how England star Sam Tomkins supported him and Jordan Baldwinson during their time at the New Zealand Warriors. The 19-year-old starlets joined the Auckland-based outfit at the end of last season but cut short their stay
Music fans have lots to look forward to this Bank Holiday weekend in Northowram. HedgeFest takes place tomorrow at Hedge Top Cricket Club and seven bands will be up on stage. Local band The Void will be one of them, playing covers of bands
Temporary campsites organised by the National Trust, including one at East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley, will be given a “festival feel” as West Yorkshire gears up to hosting the Tour de France in six weeks’ time. The Trust is transforming pockets
A man who groomed a 15-year-old girl for sexual relations has been jailed for nine years. Steven Pipe, 31, of High House Road, Bolton, Bradford, was imprisoned by Judge David Hatton QC at Bradford Crown Court yesterday after a jury convicted him
A Bradford man will try to canoe the length of the River Aire... and drink its water along the way to keep him going. Robin Naylor is raising money for the Aquabox Trust, a charity that sends aquaboxes to disaster zones to ensure people have clean
Phil Parkinson is convinced Rory McArdle’s best years are still ahead of him as he applauded the defender’s decision to stay. The City chief was thrilled to get the centre half’s signature on a new deal this week – the first of the club’s out-of-contract
Keen gardener Winifred Spencer celebrated her 100th birthday with a party at the Borrins Bupa care home in Baildon yesterday. Staff at the home said she was “overwhelmed” by the occasion, during which she was inundated with cards from well-wishers
A 20-year-old man who was injured in a car crash a month ago has died of his injuries. He was a passenger in a red Mini which was involved in a crash with a red Toyota Hiace in Queensbury on April 21. He was one of four people injured in the
A leavers’ year book at a Bradford secondary school is being pulped after printing because it was littered with inappropriate comments by some students. In the souvenir publication for Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College, one pupil responded
Police were last night still searching for a Bradford woman who has gone missing on holiday in Norfolk. Carol Watson, 62 (pictured), was last seen in the North Beach area of Heacham on Sunday, May 18, at about 3pm. It believed she accepted a lift
A man who had been shot in the legs and doused with sulphuric acid, was calmly smoking a cigarette when paramedics found him, a murder trial jury heard yesterday. Barry Selby, 50, was laid at the side of his bed and seemed to be calm and not in
Detectives investigating a robbery in Bradford in which a man had part of his thumb chopped off have released CCTV images of the gang they suspect were involved. Shop owner Tasawar Iqbal, 39, was badly wounded in an altercation with four men armed
A body-builder who attacked his partner with a baseball bat after she asked him for a contribution to their anniversary meal has been jailed for more than six years. Luke Artis, then 20, lashed out at 41-year-old Tina Gillian in the bedroom of
Player-coach Paul March says his controversial ban has “added fuel to the fire” as Cougars bid to maintain their encouraging start to the season at home to Barrow tomorrow. March had his appeal against a two-month stadium suspension for verbal
