Brighouse Town 2, Bradford Park Avenue 3 AVENUE just managed to hold out for a victory at the Dual Seal Stadium as hosts Brighouse mounted a spirited comeback. The visitors raced into a three-goal lead but Town pulled two goals back in an all-action
A City XI, mainly made up of youth players and trialists, were beaten 2-0 at Ossett Town tonight. Rob Bordman and Luke Blackburn scored the goals in the second half. City fielded only four senior players – James Meredith, Jason Kennedy, Raffaele
Stanningley 26, Bradford Dudley Hill 44 PROLIFIC try-poacher Nathan Kitson grabbed yet another hat-trick as Bradford Dudley Hill closed in on the Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two promotion pace-setters with a convincing derby
LOSING Middlesex captain Chris Rogers says Yorkshire remain his tip to win the LV= County Championship. This was after the hosts completed a comprehensive 220-run win at Scarborough to return to the top of Division One. Australian Test opener
ON A day when the rain washed out many Aire-Wharfe League fixtures and prevented all but one match from finishing, the new bonus-points system meant there was still plenty at stake in the overs that could be played.Rawdon used it to their advantage, gaining
A HAWORTH-born man who was pivotal in keeping Britain supplied with potatoes during the Second World War has died. Stanley Sutcliffe worked for the Ministry of Food and was charged with ensuring spuds remained on the menu for food-rationed
A SHIPLEY musician who played with the area's best known brass bands before forging a successful career in London has been killed in a car crash. Rod Franks, 58, was a trumpeter who was born in Shipley and performed with the Black Dyke, Hammonds
RELEGATION-threatened Birstall shook off their disappointing All Rounder Cricket Equipment Central Yorkshire League form to complete the shock of the season in the Jack Hampshire Memorial Trophy semi-final at reigning champions Townville.It was a day
A primary music academy has been told it "requires improvement" by government inspectors, who say the teaching of music there is not good enough.The first Ofsted report into Dixon's Music Academy, a free school which opened in September
Bradford Bulls have rewarded a young fan brought to tears by the club's relegation with the chance to lead the team out in their game against Wigan Warriors on Sunday. The 52-26 defeat against Huddersfield Giants which sealed the Bulls fate was all
SEVEN key areas need to be tackled in the battle to tackle health inequality in Bradford, according to a new report.And if the district is to combat the inequalities, it must look at the conditions in which people live, a meeting of the Health and Wellbeing
A NEW report into the ‘Trojan Horse’ controversy is final proof that claims of a Bradford link were “blown out of all proportion”, an MP says. The investigation - by former counter-terror chief Peter Clarke - found evidence of an “aggressive
THE Bumble Bees Barbarians will face a Keighley Cougars Academy and Select XIII on Sunday (12.30pm).This will be a warm-up match before the Cougars' home game against Doncaster in the Kingstone Press Championship.
PEOPLE are being encouraged to throw their hats into the ring ahead of a madcap contest.A 'Bradford Hat-Throwing Competition' is being held on Saturday, as part of the first annual North Parade street party in the city centre.The organiser, local
TOMMY McCarthy has stepped down as Bradford Amateur Rugby League secretary after ten years in the post. However, the former Telegraph & Argus amateur rugby league correspondent will still be a member of the management committee. McCarthy
Wyke Amateur Rugby League Club have commenced pre-season training under Alan Spencer. New coach Spencer is well known in and around the Bradford area, having played and coached various clubs as well as representing Great Britain and Yorkshire as
A 69-year-old man is being questioned by police, investigating the sending of hundreds of malicious letters to educational establishments across the country, including West Yorkshire.The suspect, from Liverpool, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of
A NEW name will appear on the Cowling Cup trophy this year after the old brigade were brushed aside by younger members of the Mewies Solicitors Craven League competition. Embsay II, who have won the second teams' cup six times and shared it once
JON McLaughlin has officially left City following the arrival of Jordan Pickford on loan. The 26-year-old stopper is set to sign for a League Two club – thought to be Burton. The departure of the long-serving keeper ends a six-year link with
THE annual Manorlands Plate game, between a Yorkshire XI and Lancashire XI of Mewies Solicitors Craven League players, takes place at Ingrow Cricket Club on Sunday (1.30pm).Yorkshire, who won last year's match, have already named their side, which
THERE will be no hat-trick of titles this season for Jer Lane in the Foster's Halifax League. The Premier Division leaders, who are also through to the Parish Cup final, were beaten in the last eight of the league's Twenty20 competition. Jer
SALEM Athletic are a point away from claiming their first Bradford & District Evening League title after defeating defending champions Denholme.Tom Cummins (36) was the only batsmen to make a score of any note against some impressive Salem bowling.Opener
MORE people have died in police-related incidents on the roads of West Yorkshire than anywhere else in the UK outside of London.Statistics from the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, show there were 28 fatalities in West Yorkshire
SENIOR council officers got a bit of a dressing-down for not wearing ties to a top committee meeting. The hot summer weather proved too much for a number of male officers at a meeting of the council's Executive yesterday, with chief executive
Steve Patterson struck with successive balls early in the afternoon session of day four but Middlesex pair Eoin Morgan and John Simpson then held firm at Scarborough. Middlesex, chasing 422 to win this LV= County Championship, reached tea at 155
Jack Brooks and Tim Bresnan struck once apiece before lunch on the final day as Yorkshire chase LV= County Championship victory over Middlesex at Scarborough today. The Lord’s side were set a target of 422 in a minimum of 96 overs when Andrew Gale
A SHORT-STAY unit for people with dementia has re-opened after undergoing a transformation to make it a "home from home". Woodward Court, on Kirklees Road in Allerton, caters for up to 29 residents, and recently underwent some extensive refurbishments
AMATEUR actors from the New Community Arts Academy will debut a new comedy from tomorrow night.The group will perform John Godber's play Bouncer for three nights until Saturday, at St James's Church on Bolton Road, Bradford, on Thursday night.
BRADFORD primary school pupils have benefited from some professional soccer coaching as part of a sport and health festival.Fearnville Primary School staff persuaded Farsley AFC's assistant manager Mark Jackson to visit for a session working with
POLICE in West Yorkshire want to trace this man connection with a campaign of malicious letters sent to schools and colleges across the UK. The force said it had been investigating a large number of letters of concern, predominantly to educational
JORDAN Pickford will train with his new City team-mates for the first time today – and could be thrown straight into match action.The England under-19 goalkeeper yesterday joined on loan for the season from Sunderland, where he recently signed a
MANASE Manuokafoa has vowed to finish the season on a high as he approaches what could be the end of his time at the Bulls. The 29-year-old prop has proved a resounding success since he was signed from Parramatta by Mick Potter ahead of the 2012
An anti-poverty charity in Bradford has a three-month waiting list of people desperate for debt advice, it emerged last night.Counselling charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) said all its advice centres in the city and in neighbouring Leeds were full
Bradford Park Avenue make the short trip to the Dual Seal Stadium to take on Brighouse Town in a friendly derby fixture tonight.Avenue suffered a 1-0 defeat to League Two side Hartlepool United at the weekend in their third pre-season game. They were
Bradford Bulls want to track down a young fan left distraught by the club's relegation and help "put the smile back on his face."The Bulls went down for the first time in their Super League history at the John Smith's stadium in Huddersfield
COUNCILLORS and community campaigners have responded angrily to an attack by "mindless thugs" on Haworth Central Park's new, replacement bandstand. The facility was unveiled earlier this summer following years of campaigning and fundraising.But
Four players scored two goals apiece as Brighouse Town Reserves returned from Storthes Hall with a resounding 10-5 pre-season victory. Liam Holmes, Kurt Harris, Callum Charlton and Craig Billington netted at the double, with Craig Thompson and
WEST Yorkshire Police chiefs have welcomed a positive inspection report on the force's efficiency and savings plans - but warned that future savings will be increasingly difficult to achieve.The 'Valuing The Police' report, by the HM Inspectorate
BRADFORD Council could attempt to "claw back" thousands of pounds in education funding that is currently being unused by the district's schools.At a meeting of the council's executive today, members were due to hear of schools and other
A GLANCE at the future bookings list just confirmed what Billy Clarke already knew. If the City squad were still in any doubt about the splendour and luxury of their training surroundings in Ireland, they only had to see who was due to move in
A YOUNG mother was murdered by her "possessive and controlling" husband when he swung a hammer at least ten times at her head while she lay defenceless in bed, a jury was told. Danish Irfan fled the country on a false passport after killing Ridda
LOCALS fear a gang of yobs which terrorised a now-closed bookies could return if a new betting shop opens nearby. Bookmakers' chain Paddy Power wants to take over the Pizza Hut restaurant in Duckworth Lane, Girlington, Bradford, and its application
THE official website for people to look at and comment on planning applications is "not fit for purpose", according to critics.Bradford's Liberal Democrat group is calling for urgent improvements to Bradford Council's planning website
ANDREW Davies provided the biggest laugh of City's trip to Ireland when he fell in a heap after a run upfield.With the Bantams in control against Shelbourne, the centre half joined in the fun and surged over the halfway line.Unfortunately he started
