There were two re-arranged friendly fixtures tonight as Eccleshill United hosted a Tadcaster Albion XI while Silsden made the journey to Harrogate Railway. The Cobbydalers should have been at Burnley United but sent their first team to Station
AN electrical fault is believed to have caused a lamppost to catch fire in Bradford. The fire broke out at Parkside Road, West Bowling, at around 10pm yesterday. Firefighters could not spray water on the live wires, so they had to stand by
50 YEARS AGO: TEAM spirit was undoubtedly the reason behind England’s World Cup victory.They started to believe they could do it after defeating Argentina 1-0 in the quarter-finals in what was one of the most controversial matches in the tournament’s
A GROUP protested outside a Bradford slaughterhouse urging people to turn vegan and stop the killing of chickens.West Yorkshire Save was outside Yorkshire Poultry Products, in Hammerton Street, today.A group of 40 protesters held up placards including
POLICE have confirmed they are investigating an historical rape claim against a vicar. The victim, who is now a priest, alleges he was repeatedly raped at the age of 16 by the vicar in Bradford in 1984. The victim says he made verbal allegations
THE Bradford employers of a factory worker who fell more than five metres to his death through a fragile skylight "missed ten opportunities to save his life." Richard Perry suffered fatal head injuries when he landed on a concrete floor at Whiteghyll
A FULL facelift has been approved for one of World Heritage Site Saltaire’s most important buildings.Victoria Hall will have tens of thousands spent on essential repairs and decoration to doors and window at the front, back and sides now that Bradford
MANY families who choose to home-school their children are “afraid” of letting Bradford Council know about the arrangement, according to a senior councillor.A new report by the local authority, looking into home-schooling in Bradford, has revealed that
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has released dramatic footage of a water rescue on the River Aire. The release of the footage follows on from a recent spate of water related tragedies nationally. The rescue happened in the early morning
BRADFORD Dudley Hill moved back into the National Conference League Division Two play-off places with a hard fought 22-16 victory at home to the Saddleworth Rangers.Saddleworth only came across the Pennines with 16 players, but put in a valiant effort
KEIGHLEY boxer Muhammad Ali says he will try to live up to his famous namesake in the Olympics but insists the pressure is off him.Ali admits his name – given to him by his boxing-loving dad Shahid – attracts extra attention, which is sure to increase
DEFENDING Spenser Wilson Halifax League Premier Division champions Jer Lane were grateful to a vital seventh-wicket stand of 93 between Michael Hustler (72) and Nasir Chowdrey (42no).That proved the difference between the third-placed club and hosts Copley
THE former Bradford Odeon is one step closer to being brought back into use, thanks to a boost of more than £300,000. Not-for-profit organisation Bradford Live is hoping to turn the landmark into the city’s biggest live venue but needs to find
THE Northern Powerhouse and Brexit were both hot topics at the latest instalment of Bradford Politics in the Pub.The leader of Labour-led Bradford Council, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe and the leader of the Bradford Conservative group, Cllr Simon Cooke
AN online petition in support of a Bradford great-grandmother who has been forced out of her static caravan after losing a planning appeal has received more than 600 signatures.Marion Majors, 70, has been given three months’ notice to move out of her
A VAN driver, who is thought to have nodded off to sleep while travelling at speed on a motorway near Bradford, has been fined and given nine penalty points on his licence. A police patrol vehicle captured on video the van swerving at speed across
BRADFORD CITY AATHE weather has again been fairly sunny and muggy this week, and the rivers are still running on their bones. It seems that many anglers are currently on their summer holidays because reports about fishing on BCAA waters have been few
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl has organised a second fun day to raise money for a cancer charity in memory of her great-grandmother.Penny Ham is holding the event in honour of Marianne Liput, of Bradford, who died of leukaemia, aged 90, in June last year. All proceeds
BRADFORD Bulls have today been hit with another winding up petition following a claim for monies owed by HM Revenue & Customs. A notice published on the London Gazette website today announced that a petition to wind up Bradford Bulls Northern
POLICE are investigating after they spotted a man riding a quad bike, with his three-year-old daughter on the machine with him. An officer from the nuisance bike team saw the 19-year-old dad, racing around busy streets in East Bowling on a small
BRETT Ferres has agreed a new three-year deal that will keep the 30-year-old England international at Headingley until at least the end of 2019.The Bradford academy graduate joined the Rhinos on an initial 12-month contract from Huddersfield on the eve
The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of the founder of a flagship free school in Bradford and two others on fraud charges. Sajid Hussain Raza, 43 of Spring Gardens Road, Heaton, Bradford, who was the founder and principal
Car-jacking victims have spoken about the horror of being forced from their cars as police warn motorists to keep vehicles locked after three incidents in a day. One woman was forced out of her car at knifepoint and another dragged from her car
A BROKEN down van has now been removed from the eastbound M62 in Bradford, after it closed a lane this morning, causing slow traffic. The van broke down on the eastbound M62 between junctions 25 A644 (Brighouse) and junction 26 M606/A58 (Chain
Bosses of The Broadway are in discussions with retailers about filling a unit left empty by the sudden closure of Jeff Bains. The shoe store closed on Saturday, leaving an empty shop behind and no signs informing shoppers what was happening.
Pre-season friendly: Farsley Celtic 1 Leeds United Under-21s 0 AN early goal from Jordan Deacey was the difference between a strong Farsley Celtic side and a young Leeds United squad in last night’s friendly at Throstle Nest. The Championship
THERESA May could really make an impact with one simple national edict that bans the use of best by dates on food.The food producers and the supermarkets love this best by date because consumers are conned into thinking they shouldn't eat food that
JAMES Hanson is loving the chance to work for Stuart McCall again and revealed: “He hasn’t changed a bit.” Hanson was signed by McCall from Guiseley in 2009 and is the only survivor from his first managerial spell at City. The big striker,
IN ONE of the most thrilling finishes that even North Marine Road has seen, Yorkshire Vikings defeated Notts Outlaws by two wickets with just two balls to spare in last night's Royal London One-Day Cup clash.A magnificent 95 not out from Tim Bresnan
ROHAN Smith believes winning the Championship Shield would give the Bulls a much-needed “shot in the arm” as they seek to end a disappointing campaign on a high.Smith’s men failed to make the Championship’s top four after losing at Featherstone last weekend
GARY Hetherington was sat in the Evolution Suite at Old Trafford yesterday, penning the fixtures in his diary at the Super 8s media launch. For the Leeds chief executive and his team there will be no return to the Theatre of Dreams for the Super
YOU would think that addressing an audience of young people at Europe’s biggest children’s film festival would allow an A-list actress to put herself across as a positive, inspiring role model for the next generation.Instead, Jennifer Aniston blubbed
AVENUE 2 CITY 2 ON THE day that Premier League and Championship clubs came under-fire for entering B teams in the EFL Trophy, City fielded their own side of fairly unknowns at Horsfall Stadium. Stuart McCall spared all his senior players with
A FAMILY-RUN Aire Valley chemical company has appointed its youngest boss who has pledged to open up new markets and continue its diversification.Chris Chadwick, 33, has taken the helm at Cross Hills-based Airedale Chemical. The new managing director
CHILDREN from a local nursery have been appointed as official product testers by Keighley-based educational furniture manufacturer British Thornton. The three and four year-olds, who attend Handprints Nursery in Silsden, have been recruited to test and
MANUFACTURING remains healthy in Yorkshire with the number of firms and jobs expanding ahead of the national average , a new report shows today.The latest annual findings by manufacturers’ body EEF and accountants BDO, says the industry has made strong
IT’S one of the most famous landmarks in Bradford’s skyline, and it’s getting a major spruce-up. The clock tower at City Hall is being painstakingly restored in the final phase of a major £4.1 million repairs programme to the Grade I listed building
A NEW primary school will be built on a greenfield site on the outskirts of a town. The new campus, above Daisy Hill and Silsden Park, will bring together Silsden’s existing Hothfield Junior School and Aire View Infants School. The new complex
A TEENAGE girl confided to a school friend 30 years ago that she was being sexually abused by nightclub owner George Roberts, a jury at Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. The woman told the jury it was at the time television personality Esther
A FARMER with an appalling history of cruelty to animals has lost an application to lift a lifetime ban on keeping livestock. A judge at Bradford Crown Court barred David Holmes from making a similar appeal for the next ten years, telling him:
COMMUNITY leaders across Bradford have welcomed a charity’s new helpline supporting parents worried about terrorism and radicalisation The council’s executive member for Community Safety, councillor Abdul Jabar, described the NSPCC’s hotline as
A UNIVERSITY worker volunteering at a refugee camp in Calais is calling on more people from Bradford to show support.Lesley McGorrigan, 48, from Saltaire is writing a blog CalaisCalling to diary the two weeks she and friend Umit Yildaz, also 48, from
CONSERVATIONISTS in Heaton are demanding a heap of flytipped rubbish including asbestos and a tractor wheel is moved from its woodland. The dumped pile, which spills over a broken-down drystone wall, has been in situ for more than two years and
