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  • Wash-out on grass but 3G games go ahead

    RAIN late on Saturday morning wrecked all of the West Riding County Amateur League’s grass pitches. Only three games involving the league’s teams were played and they were on 3G pitches.The West Riding County FA Challenge Cup tie between Lower Hopton

  • Girlington coast to victory

    Girlington claimed a comfortable 3-1 win over Hightown Jets in the Spen Valley & District League.Danyal Dar, Omar Habeeb and Shoaib Javed scored for the hosts while Hightown hit back through Dean Comins.In Spen Valley League Memorial Trophy, Dewsbury

  • Five-star Farsley register latest win

    THE Yorkshire Amateur League as a whole managed to get 12 matches played, but there was disappointment was the postponement of two notable cup ties.The fifth-round WRCFA Challenge Trophy Ties between Drighlington and Ilkley Town Reserves and the fourth-round

  • Thornton romp to thumping win

    THE Bradford Sunday Alliance Bulk Sports League have two clubs in the semi-final of the West Riding county Sunday cup competition after West Bowling and Thornton United won their quarter-final ties. Both teams have been kept apart at the semi-final stage.In

  • Yorkshire show their true colours for T20 Blast

    YORKSHIRE Vikings will wear their traditional colours of navy blue, light blue and yellow for the 2016 season after the club revealed its new kit for the NatWest T20 Blast competition.After a number of seasons moving away from the traditional colour palette

  • Redfearn leaves Millers after 21 games in charge

    FORMER Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue player Neil Redfearn has left Rotherham with immediate effect, the club have announced.The 50-year-old leaves the New York Stadium after Saturday's 2-1 Sky Bet Championship defeat to Bolton, which left the

  • Part of Bradford mill to be turned into snooker hall

    PLANS to turn part of a Bradford mill into a snooker hall have been approved by Bradford Council after initial plans were scaled down. Sajid Hussain has been granted planning permission to convert a unit at Kyme Mills on Johnson Street, Laisterdyke

  • Higher water bills in Yorkshire will be UK's second cheapest

    WATER bills in Bradford are set to rise broadly in line with inflation - leaving consumers with the second cheapest in the UK. Bradford-based utility Yorkshire Water said the average one per cent increase in water and sewage charges from April

  • Evie and Holly relish national experience

    BRADFORD Esprit Diving Club members Evie Webb and Holly Waxman added to their pool of experience by competing in the British Diving National Cup in Southend. It gave the teenagers the chance to compete alongside notables such as Tom Daley and City of

  • Naomi finally breaks into world's top 100

    BRITISH No 3 Naomi Broady has broken into the world's top 100 for the first time after winning an ITF tournament in the United States.The 25-year-old former Woodhouse Grove School pupil from Stockport, who saved two set points in the first set tie-break

  • George is the boy to reckon with after winning seven events

    GEORGE Hahn won a staggering seven events when the West Yorkshire Sportshall Athletics Trials were held at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre.The St Joseph's Catholic Primary School pupil from Bingley not only won the one-lap (12.90sec) and two-lap races

  • UPDATE: Reports of gunshots fired outside Bradford house

    DETECTIVES are investigating reports of gunshots being fired outside a house in Bierley, Bradford, early today. Armed police attended an address in Cedar Close shortly before 12.40am, after being alerted by residents on the cul de sac, who had

  • Keighley ace Muhammad Ali wins on British Lionhearts debut

    KEIGHLEY'S Muhammad Ali won on his debut as the British Lionhearts maintained their unbeaten start in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) with a 3-2 victory over the Morocco Atlas Lions in Casablanca.The flyweight boosted his hopes of making the Olympics

  • Keighley Cougars slump to narrow away defeat against Raiders

    COUGARS returned to action after a near three-week absence with a narrow 18-14 away defeat against League One promotion rivals Barrow Raiders at Craven Park. This was only after the game received the go-ahead at 9am yesterday morning following

  • Park safely outside schools for the sake of all our children

    IT is an issue affecting schools and communities up and down the country.Although many schools were built before the development of surrounding houses, residents are part of the community and it is only right those dropping off or collecting their children

  • Czajka Group in bid to improve care standards across the region

    IN a bid to boost the of care services a Saltaire based group is throwing open the doors of its state of the art training centre to competitors. Czajka Care Group will also providing its training courses to other care home operators throughout the region.The

  • Lowes' delight as Bulls kick-off new campaign in style

    BULLS boss Jimmy Lowes was delighted to open the Championship campaign with a win on a day when promotion rivals Leigh lost.Bradford saw off Featherstone 22-12 thanks to a hat-trick from Omari Caro after a fine individual effort from Lee Gaskell.In a

  • Bulls up and running as clinical Caro helps fell Featherstone

    Bradford Bulls 22, Featherstone Rovers 12 IF the Bulls do go on to realise their dream of promotion this season, then the finishing of Omari Caro could prove pivotal. Certainly it was the difference yesterday as Jimmy Lowes’ men edged a season-opener

  • Plea for action to tackle Bradford's fly-tipping blight

    INCIDENTS of fly-tipping reported by Bradford Council have increased by more than 17 per cent in a 12 month period, Government figures have revealed. There were 10,439 incidents of fly-tipping in 2014/15 compared to 8,867 in 2013/14, according

  • Putting back the romance

    Romance is in the air this week - although I must admit I haven’t noticed it among all the exhaust fumes and other pollutants. It is Valentine’s Day on Sunday, offering couples everywhere the chance to put a little romance back into their lives.But what

  • Kimberley Walsh calls shots at Barbados wedding

    KIMBERLEY Walsh briefly put marital bliss to one side at her paradise wedding to give new husband Justin Scott a ticking off at the altar, it was revealed today.The 34-year-old Bradford-born star walked down the aisle in a bespoke silk and lace gown alongside