GREAT Britain's Nicola Adams powered into the World Championship flyweight final with victory over Kazakhstan opponent Zhaina Shekerbekova.The 33-year-old Olympic champion, who has already qualified to defend her title in Rio, is targeting a first
A BATON being passed between 43 schools across Bradford will cover 70 miles in five weeks.The Bradford School Games baton relay started at Fearnville Primary School and is gradually working its way around the district to celebrate the forthcoming Bradford
WITHDRAWAL of teams proved a common theme for the Taylor’s Timber West Riding County Amateur League.At the end of the 2015-16 campaign hey had 37 teams – 27 first teams and ten reserves – but five new teams brought them up to three divisions of 14 teams.Two
CHILDREN’S authors have today been speaking to pre-school youngsters as part of a partnership between a local charity and the Bradford Literature Festival. Canterbury Imagine is a charity set up to provide young children in the Canterbury area
The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Ali Rahimi, aged 31, of Great Horton Road, Great Horton; two counts of criminal damage, assault, jailed for 12 weeks, £80 costs. Alex Bigmore, aged 39, of Highgate Road
OUTGOING skipper Stephen Depledge picked up two of the main awards at Otley Rugby Union Football Club's annual dinner, which was held in the clubhouse.The scrum half, who has spent six of the past seven seasons at Cross Green, won both the players
POLICE seized a haul of so-called legal highs, worth thousands of pounds on the street, from a Bradford shop on the day new legislation banned the substances. Hundreds of packets of illegal drugs were openly on display behind the counter at Indica
THE change of the law today which effectively bans the sale of so-called legal highs will be welcomed by virtually every parent. But for at least three families, the change may have been too late to save their teenage sons. As we report today
THE Baby of the North has had something of a premature delivery, it has emerged, after its covering was removed before any official unveiling ceremony. The new £15,000 sculpture for Bradford city centre has been placed outside the former central library
50 YEARS AGOTOP managers Bill Shankly (Liverpool) and Joe Mercer (Manchester City) were among the crowd to watch 44-goal Kevin Hector as Bradford Park Avenue defeated visitors Stockport County 3-1.Hector didn't add to his record tally, Bobby Ham,
A 40-YEAR-OLD Bradford father has been jailed for two years after he allowed bank accounts linked to him to be used to launder more than £155,000. The money, which had been intended to pay for the purchase of a fish and chip shop business in the
BRITAIN is becoming more ethnically segregated, with widening “cracks in our communities”, because lessons have not been learned from race riots 15 years ago, an MP has warned.Former Labour shadow minister Chuka Umunna criticised the immigration debate
BRADFORD Council will be carrying out works on a major city centre road next week.Work will be carried out in Kirkgate from Wednesday, June 1, until Friday, June 3, to install a new water supply in the street.An authority spokesman said pedestrian access
GUISELEY striker Oli Johnson admits he was delighted to commit his future to the club for another season following the end of his injury nightmare.Johnson was plagued by a hip problem which took longer than anticipated to diagnose and required him to
A 28-YEAR-OLD man who astonished himself by cultivating a cannabis farm worth up to £55,000 has been spared an immediate jail sentence.Matthew Morris was amazed when the police told him his 144 plants of the Class B drug could potentially yield so much
POLICE are currently investigating 220 alleged cases of child sex grooming in Keighley and across Bradford district. Police said the cases involved 261 suspects and 188 victims. The figures were obtained after the town's former MP Ann Cryer
A CAR was written off after an engine fault caused it to reverse itself up its owner’s driveway and crash into his house. A spokesman for the Fairweather Green fire crew said the car, a Lexus, had been parked on a steep driveway outside the property on
WEST Yorkshire Fire & Rescue service is warning people in Bradford to be wary after an overheated laptop on a bed started a house fire. The blaze started in a conservatory, attached to the back of a mid-terrace property in Luck Lane, Huddersfield.The
Tonight's T20 Challenge match between the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League and a Yorkshire Vikings XI at Pudsey Congs has been called off. Despite the determined efforts of the Pudsey Congs officials it was decided that the outfield
WHARFEDALE'S last hope of avoiding relegation from National League One has been scuppered. Their only prospect of not playing in National League Two North next season was if Plymouth Albion, who went into administration in March and were docked
Legal highs are legal no more, after a blanket ban came into force today. Here’s what you need to know about the ban, and the consequences of breaking the Psychoactive Substances Act – which was originally expected to be rolled out in April.
A BRADFORD drug dealer caught three times peddling heroin and crack cocaine on the city’s streets has been jailed for four and a half years. Sajid Mahmood, 31, of Parkside Road, West Bowling, was twice arrested and bailed but carried on plying
A BRADFORD police officer has been named as Britain's bravest bobby at a glittering awards ceremony in London. PC Sean Cannon was recognised by the Royal Humane Society for his putting his life on the line to rescue a family from a fierce fire
STEVEN Gilroy (Crossgates) and Graeme Wilson (Lower Hopton) were week two qualifiers in the 2016 Shipley Classic, sponsored by HH Birch & Son Ltd and RSK Fastenings.Gilroy qualified with impressive wins over Andy Thornton (Barrow-in-Furness) 21-12, John
DRIVERS heading towards Bradford have been warned of possible delays after a vehicle shed its load on the M62 this morning. The shed load is on the eastbound M62 between junction 24 A629 (Ainley Top) and junction 25 A644 (Brighouse). Reports
QUALIFYING rounds in the Yorkshire Parks Brotherton Cup and Wood Cup take place tomorrow evening.A total of eight teams will play on finals day, which takes place on Sunday, July 10.Brotherton Cup draw: Guiseley A v Hove Edge WMC at Clayton, Eccleshill
FLYWEIGHT Nicola Adams is two victories away from completing her full set of global medals.The former Bradford College student is through to the semi-finals of the Women's World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan – but was pushed all the way in her
CITY are likely to kick off next season without defensive mainstays Rory McArdle and Stephen Darby.McArdle went under the knife yesterday for surgery to stabilise the front part of his left shoulder.Skipper Darby has begun a series of injections to cure
COUGARS head coach Paul March is demanding a reaction from his players in Saturday's iPro Sport Cup final after their seven-match winning streak was destroyed by London Skolars.He admitted the performance of some players will cost them a place in
DANNY Lawton wants to reward Cougars fans' loyalty by winning the iPro Sport Cup in their high noon showdown with York City Knights on Saturday.Paul March’s squad suffered the trauma of relegation at the end of 2014 followed by the untimely death
LEE Gaskell will miss the Summer Bash showdown with Leigh on Saturday – but Rohan Smith is optimistic about keeping him at the Bulls beyond this season.Gaskell sustained a hamstring injury which forced him off during the first half of last week's
ALEX Lees has described Yorkshire as T20 underdogs – but the Vikings captain insists they have the players to make an impression in this summer's NatWest Blast.The county open their North Group campaign against Leicestershire Foxes at Headingley tomorrow
OF ALL the ways to make a statement about your promotion pedigree, beating Leigh in front of the television cameras is right up there. Bradford face the Championship leaders at the Summer Bash on Saturday evening in a fixture that will not be for
ETHAN Ryan has called on the Bulls to follow the lead of Super League clubs and consider reinstating a reserves side at Odsal.The now six-team competition, which features Halifax and Keighley Cougars from outside the top division, has been hit once more
HUNDREDS of shoppers are backing a long-established Ilkley greengrocer who could be forced out of business in a Bradford Council crackdown over plants for sale outside the shop. RK Asquith & Son, which has been in business on Grove Promenade
If you don't get chance to take advantage of Bradford Literature Festival in its opening days, don't worry, organisers have saved plenty for the finale weekend. Harry Potter fans are in for a treat on the festival's last day when there will be
IT took more than four months, but finally they succeeded. The company that owned the world's biggest methane leak, Southern California Gas, has finally repaired a fractured pipe, 8,000 feet down, to stop this climate changing gas escaping into the
SMOOTHER transport links, boosting inward investment and developing the IT and digital sector form the basis of a revised economic plan to create thousands of jobs in Bradford and the Leeds city region over the next 20 years. The bodies charged with delivering
A NUMBER of lecturers at the University of Bradford began a two day strike yesterday over pay.But the university said the impact of the national strike was "minimal" - most of the students at the university have now finished for the year.The
A GROUP led by a Bradford woman is taking on the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for charity. Shabana Bashir, 43, and her team of ten climbers tackled Scafell Pike - England’s highest mountain - on April 30. Members of the group will take
GOVERNMENT cuts could see up to 35 local pharmacies shut in Bradford, piling more pressure onto the district’s already strained GP surgeries and A&E units, say campaigners. Hundreds of people from the district have signed a petition - which
A BRADFORD woman, whose 16-year-old son and his two young friends almost died after sniffing a tiny amount of a so-called legal high, today welcomed a new law which prevents the supply of psychoactive substances. The professional woman, who wants
A MAN who jumped bail and spent 15 years building a new life in Spain has been cleared of a pub glassing in Bradford more than 16 years ago. Anthony Denzil Collins, 51, failed to turn up for his trial at Bradford Crown Court in October 2000 and
FINAL preparations are being made for this year’s Bradford Pride event, which takes place on Saturday. Chairman of the organising committee, Jason Courcoux, said all performers had been booked and were confirmed for the event, which will take place
A MAN caught red-handed holding a bag containing more than 100 wraps of Class A drugs has been jailed for 32 months. Mohammed Hannan (pictured) pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine on November 17 last year
