COUGARS are hoping the date for their proposed extraordinary general meeting will be within the next three weeks.They are currently awaiting for one club to agree a slight rewording of the resolution they have put forward to the RFL as they seek to make
CLUB chairmen in the JCT600 Bradford League are being invited to a meeting on Thursday, December 11 to discuss their bid to achieve ECB Premier League status.The first year of the Premier League is earmarked for 2016 and Bradford League development officer
A MOVE to allow loan players in the JCT600 Bradford League was passed narrowly during the league's annual meeting at Pudsey Congs.A simple majority was needed for it go through – and 15 voted in favour as opposed to 14 against.The new rule now reads:
AN AMBITIOUS £50 million project to improve the lives of young families in Bradford will see new, safe places to play for toddlers and parents encouraged to start thinking about their child's health before they are born.The Lottery-funded Better Start
THERE was excitement at LISTER PARK on Saturday when three runners broke the 17-minute barrier in the 5k parkrun. Only 17 had beaten the time in 234 previous races The event has been attracting 400 runners each Saturday (9am) at the bandstand
AN EXECUTIVE committee will continue to run the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League.A proposed rule change by Cross Roads & Daisy Hill to replace them with a management committee, thereby going back to the system that existed up until last year, was
A FORMER textile worker and bus driver who fraudulently claimed almost £47,000 in benefits has been jailed for six months. Mohammed Bhatti, 63, pleaded guilty last month to two charges of dishonestly making a false statement to obtain income support and
INVESTIGATIONS were continuing today into the cause of an explosion which temporarily trapped two people in a Bradford warehouse on Monday. The two women, aged 19 and 35, were both staff at the Range manufacturing company in Parry Lane, where the
YORKSHIRE not only smashed their Northern opposition in the Amateur Swimming Association's Masters Inter-County Meet at the John Charles Centre of Sport in Leeds, they also easily dethroned Warwickshire as national champions. Traditionally, it
OTLEY'S Lizzie Armitstead and Horsforth's David Stone have both been named on British Cycling's team squad for the 2014-15 funding year. Both are on the podium programme, with Olympic silver medallist and reigning Women's World Cup champion Armitstead
STRUGGLING Yorkshire Carnegie, who are third from bottom in the Greene King IPA Championship, insist that Gary Mercer has not been dismissed as head coach.However, they have confirmed that they have been in detailed talks with the former Bulls player
SKIPPER Richard Lumb produced a stunning late try to ensure West Bowling a 28-22 victory against Queens in the Pennine League Premier Division clash of the day at Emsley's Rec.Bowling, who entered the fray below strength following a number of late withdrawals
SHARES in insurer Friends Life were boosted following details of a proposed merger with Aviva. The two companies confirmed they are in advanced talks about a merger which would create the UK’s leading insurance, savings and asset management business
ENGINES giant Rolls-Royce has received a £3.2 billion boost after it was chosen by Delta Air Lines to power 50 new Airbus aircraft. The deal is a timely one for the company, which has two plants at Barnoldswick, near Skipton, after it recently
DAVID Lunn has been appointed a non-executive director of Government-owned UK Asset Resolution, which administers the Bradford & Bingley and NRAM mortgage books. Mr Lunn has been appointed by UK Financial Investments Ltd to manage the Government
BUDGET chain Poundstretcher was given a civic welcome at the official opening of its latest store which has created 25 jobs in Bradford. Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Roger L’Amie and Deputy Lady Mayoress, Mrs Elizabeth Smith did the honours at
MATTHEW Vaughan, 23, has become the third generation of his family to work for Bradford-based pneumatics specialist Thorite. He has joined the firm as internal sales administrator at its Huddersfield sales site. Matthew’s father is Thorite’s Bradford
RETAIL giant The Range boosted sales by £88 million as it opened new stores across the UK. The home, garden and leisure retailer, which took over the former Woolworth Big W store at Girlington, Bradford, in 2009, had a £470.2 million in 2013/14. Pre-tax
TWO top-level business gatherings will this week look to boost manufacturing and also get Bradford firms to provide more work opportunities for youngsters with learning difficulties. Lathe-maker 600 Group is hosting the launch of manufacturing
ARMED robbers got away with cash when they struck at a Morrisons store. One of the balaclava-clad men walked into the M Local store on Bolton Bridge Road, Ilkley, at about 10.53pm on Saturday and demanded money from the tills, while the other stood
A PHOTOGRAPHER is leading an early-morning walk over Ilkley Moor. As part of the Walking Photography Festival, held from Saturday until Monday, December 1, Rich Bunce will take a group to the moor and share tips for photographing the sunrise and
SEE Haworth by candlelight at a night-time tour of an historical village landmark. A candlelit tour of Brontë Parsonage Museum, Church Street will take place on Friday, December 12 between 7pm and 9pm. The tour of the Parsonage will be given
GUIDES raised £480 at a ‘Toilet Twinning’ coffee morning, working to improve sanitation in rural Africa. The 1st Burley-in-Wharfedale Guides held the event, selling Christmas crafts, jewellery, soaps, sweets and games. The money raised will
BRITISH rockers FM celebrate their 30th anniversary tour with a concert at Bingley Arts Centre on Thursday. The band will be supported by local band Three Lions, founded and fronted by Bradford-born bassist Nigel Bailey. The band’s debut album
BEST-SELLING author, radio and TV personality Gervase Phinn takes to the stage at the King’s Hall, Ilkley on Tuesday, December 2, at 7.30pm to recount further tales from his days as a schools inspector in the Yorkshire Dales. Tickets cost £18,
A GROUND-BREAKING project aimed at helping victims of human trafficking holds its first meeting today. Representatives from West Yorkshire Police, the Home Office, the Salvation Army, the NHS and local authorities safeguarding teams are discussing
RAF Leeming Personnel Celebrate Afghanistan Homecoming. The streets of Bedale, North Yorkshire, were lined with well-wishers, school children and families as personnel from 34 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment celebrated their homecoming from
THE mother of a severely-disabled Bradford teenager with a mental age of five is facing the prospect of a 12-month delay in receiving some of her benefits while an assessment is carried out to see if her daughter is fit to work. Ellie McDonald,
GEORGE Osborne’s call for a single elected mayor for all of West Yorkshire has failed to win the support of Bradford’s Conservative MPs. Both Kris Hopkins (Keighley) and Philip Davies (Shipley) refused to back the chancellor’s threat to devolve
BRADFORD District Care Trust’s monthly board meeting is this Thursday, when the public can go along. Attendees will find out more about NHS services the Trust provides across Bradford, as well as ask the board questions. A presentation of services
TALENTED all-rounder Kate Peters is appearing at Undercliffe Cricket Club’s weekly jazz session tomorrow with accomplished reeds player Tony Denton. Kate, writes and records her own material and is the latest Leeds College of Music graduate to
A LECTURER from the University of Bradford will spend this week in Westminster as part of an exchange of ideas. Dr Lijun Shang, international lecturer in medical sciences from the University’s Faculty of Life Sciences, visits senior civil servant
AN EXHIBITION profiling the work of a group of printmakers from West Yorkshire goes on display in Bradford. Inkers is a group who work both independently and together. Its exhibition, held at Bradford Industrial Museum will open on December 13
BRADFORD District Care Trust is achieving some of England’s highest rates of staff seasonal flu vaccinations this winter. National figures released yesterday by Public Health England show that the Care Trust has vaccinated 49 per cent of frontline
A 22-YEAR-OLD man who broke his grandmother’s arm when he kicked out in a drunken rage has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with supervision and an alcohol treatment requirement. Christopher Charlesworth of Woodbine Grove, Idle, recklessly
A UNIQUE alcohol awareness initiative aimed at Bradford’s Hindu community took place at Bradford’s Kala Sangam centre. The fun family event, complete with bouncy castle and face painting for children, was organised by the Piccadilly Project and
POLICE are investigating an alleged knifepoint robbery at a Bradford fish and chip shop. The incident happened at Harry’s in High Street, Queensbury, shortly before 3pm last Friday. A police spokesman said the suspect, armed with a knife, entered
ACCOMMODATION providers across the Bradford district can now access a council grant to install an electric vehicle charging point and encourage environmentally-friendly tourism. Hotels, B&Bs, and campsites can apply for £499 from the West Yorkshire
AN INQUEST is due to open today into the death of a man stabbed at a house in Keighley. Edgaras Masliuskas, 23, died at the scene in Chapel Lane shortly after the incident on October 26. Another man, also aged 23, was hurt in the same incident
NOTEABILITY concert band is holding its annual Christmas concert at St Luke’s Church, Eccleshill, on Saturday, December 13, at 7.30pm. The band, which changed its name from Bradford Youth Concert Band this year, has vacancies for players of any
A LIBRARY could suffer a major reduction in its opening hours as part of county wide cost-cutting. Skipton library - set to become a 'core' library with an administrative role over village community libraries - could also see a fall in the number
BANK accounts and mobile phones belonging to three Ilkley businessmen were targeted in a scam, said police. The first incident was reported on October 28, when a one of the businessman noticed that new standing orders had been set up to come out
Robbers fled in a stolen car with jewellery, mobile phones and a laptop computer after confronting a woman in her Bradford home last night. Three men entered a house in Hunters Park Avenue, Clayton, at 7.15pm and demanded cash and jewellery from
LOCAL children’s entertainers the Silly Brothers will have the honour of lighting up Burley-in-Wharfedale for Christmas this weekend. Thousands of visitors are expected to turn out to enjoy the afternoon’s entertainment in the village centre on
RESEARCHERS at the University of Bradford say they have proved climate change was not responsible for a huge population collapse in Europe at the end of the Bronze Age. Changes in the climate were commonly assumed to be responsible, but archaeologists
GUNS, knives, and ammunition have been given to West Yorkshire Police stations at the half-way point of the ten-day weapons surrender. People are asked to hand over the weapons following a change in the law which makes it illegal for some to hold
STUDENTS will get snappy and take over a Bradford gallery with the opening of a new photography exhibition. Who Do We Think We Are will get its first showing on Friday, December 12, 4pm-7pm at the Impressions Gallery, Centenary Square. The
MORE than £100 was raised for the Lord Mayor of Bradford’s chosen charities at a Diwali celebration. The event, held at the Leuva Patidar Samaj Prayer Hall and Community Centre, Lidget Green, last month, attracted more than 450 people, including
A BUILDING in Bradford is going back to its roots by reopening as a pharmacy and the owners are trying to trace photos of its past. The site at 46 to 48 Duckworth Lane has a long history as a pharmacy, possibly for more than 80 years, and the new
PEOPLE can find out how to prepare the perfect turkey and cut down on food waste at an advice session held in Bradford. The Good Food Advice Stall – Festive Food Event will be held in Oastler Market on Friday, December 5, between 11am and 2pm.
POLICE seized a pump-action sawn-off shotgun and bags of ammunition after pursuing a 4x4 vehicle across Bradford, a jury heard yesterday. Officers caught the driver, Jordan Farooq, 24, and his passenger, Zulfiqar Ali, 33, when they fled on foot
CALDERDALE Council has retained its spot at the top of the charts for household waste recycling in Yorkshire and Humberside. New figures show that Calderdale is leading the way in recycling, with a household waste recycling rate of more than 60
JAMES Feather has been granted his wish to rejoin Cougars after Hunslet agreed to release him from his contract with the South Leeds club. The long-serving hooker, 30, agreed to join Hunslet and become reunited with ex-Keighley coach Barry Eaton
FROM Valley Parade to the San Siro via Ibrox and Old Trafford – it’s some career route map for one Bradford City season-ticket holder.When David Garth first accepted a commercial job with the Bantams, he could never have imagined it would lead to working
A MASKED robber pushed a female cashier to the floor in a "frightening" raid at a Bradford post office last night. The raider went the post office in The Parade, Holme Wood, at about 5.10pm and made demands for cash. He forced the cashier to
FIREFIGHTERS from Cleckheaton attended a HGV fire on the eastbound carriageway of the M62 near Chain Bar just before 2am this morning. LIVE TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL NEWS The driver had used a fire extinguisher to put out a small fire in the vehicle's
MOTORISTS in Shipley faced rush hour chaos this morning after a set of traffic lights failed at a busy junction. LIVE TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL NEWS The lights were out on the A657 Briggate at Fox Corner, also affecting traffic on the A6038 Otley
CITY expect to be without Filipe Morais for the next three weeks, Phil Parkinson confirmed this morning. Further checks on the winger's injured right shoulder confirmed the ligament damage. Parkinson said: "The physio's assessment is that he
Farsley consolidated their place in the Evo-Stik Division One North play-off zone with a hard-earned point from a home draw against Spennymoor Town tonight. Adam Priestley followed up his weekend hat-trick by giving Neil Parsley’s men a 1-0 lead
PHIL Parkinson will step up his chase to bring in another winger after the shoulder injury to Filipe Morais. The Portuguese, who has been one of City’s key performers in recent weeks, was forced to quit the Gillingham game after just 18 minutes
DAVE Petersen looks set to go head to head with Danny Addy for the loose forward berth at Odsal next season after revealing that is his preferred position. The former Hull KR man has joined the Bulls from Australian Intrust Super Cup side Mackay
THE number of city centre events could be slashed under Bradford Council's latest cost-cutting plan. Other cuts are expected to hit libraries, tourist offices, mental health services, flower planting programmes and even bowling greens. And
BRADFORD Park Avenue finance director Kevin Hainsworth has stated his intention to step down from the board – but has vowed not to leave the club in the lurch. Hainsworth insists there have been no fall-outs at Horsfall and says he still loves
YORKSHIRE Carnegie have reportedly sacked head coach Gary Mercer with the club currently tenth in the Championship. The 48-year-old former Bradford rugby league player was appointed in August but has won just two of his eight league games in charge
STUDENTS of both sexes are today protesting against the regular sexual harassment that women face around the campuses of Bradford University and Bradford College. The Reclaim Your Campus event comes as a recent survey of students has shown that
BRADFORD schoolchildren put Shakespeare into a modern context for performances at a festival celebrating the Bard's work. Youngsters from St Matthew's C of E, St Stephen's C of E and Horton Park primary schools took part in the week-long Shakespeare
A MOTORIST who raced along at 91mph in a 30-zone on a busy Bradford road was caught as part of a police crackdown on speeding - described by a councillor as the "Bradford phenomenon". Officers have been out and about on Bradford's roads trying
A CORONER has demanded police compile a report of the accident history of a moorland road blackspot where three death crashes have occurred in five years. Physics teacher Christopher Crowther, 33, died instantly when he lost control of his MG-ZR
A CONSULTATION is being held about the admissions criteria for places at one of the most oversubscribed primaries in the district. Bradford Council is asking families for their views on how places are allocated when applications outnumber places
A JURY watched graphic CCTV footage of mass street brawl in Bradford city centre, showing victims being stabbed, punched, kicked and stamped on. The seven women and five men were shown the images of disorder in which people suffered injuries, including
THE head of the academy chain taking over a beleaguered free school says parents had been fully consulted about the upcoming changes - and that the vast majority support them. Bradford West MP George Galloway has requested a meeting with the Secretary
