BRADFORD weightlifter Justine Davis-Hirst has qualified for the World Masters Championship to be held at Heinsheim in Germany next month.The 49-year-old from Wibsey is in her last year of competing in the women's 45 year age group and qualified first
West Bowling 26, Doncaster Toll Bar 18MAX Trueman's hat-trick of tries sealed the Yorkshire Men's League Premier Division Grand Final for West Bowling as they crowned a magnificent two years for Glenn Barraclough.The returning coach steered the
9:42pm UNBEATEN City returned to winning ways as they came from behind to beat a lively Fleetwood 2-1 at Valley Parade tonight
VANDALS have targeted a junior football clubhouse for the second time in five months, smashing through a wooden wall to steal and wreak havoc. Police are investigating the latest break-in at the Baildon Trinity Dynamos ground which has left the
HAWORTH golfer Will Whiteoak ensured Yorkshire claimed outright victory in overcoming Hampshire to get their hands back on the English Men's County Championship trophy.The Shipley member won the last singles match to give the white rose team a 5½-
BRADFORD Dragons will have only pride to play for in their final National Trophy pool game at home to Lancashire Spinners on Saturday (6.15pm).The Dragons' fate was sealed with an 80-66 defeat to Team Northumbria at Sport Central in Newcastle.Bradford
AN empty city centre building will become a “wild woods” as part of an artistic project spanning four Friday nights. Arts group The Brick Box is running a series of events in and around the large building on Darley Street that used to be home to
Wyke 36, Cutsyke Raiders 42WYKE were involved in a top-of-the-table Division One thriller at Towngate but lost to a late try in a Pennine League game that had everything.Despite missing Ben Kelly, Gary Worley, Shaun Godfrey, Ryan Exley and Calvin Barker
NATHANIEL Knight-Percival intends to relish every game he plays at Valley Parade. The cultured central defender has made a smooth transition from Shrewsbury to City and has not been fazed by home crowds three times the size of what he had been
A WOMAN charged with murdering her partner will claim self-defence as an issue in her trial, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Baiba Andersone, who was assisted by a Latvian interpreter, wept in the dock this morning as she denied the offence.
A TEN-year-old girl from Birkenshaw has braved the chop twice and donated her long locks to a charity for a second time.Charlie Smith, a year five pupil at Birkenshaw Primary School, was in front of the whole school during assembly when her haircut took
POLICE are hunting for this man (pictured) in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Keighley. The incident is said to have involved a woman being assaulted by a man in Devonshire Street West, Highfield. A spokesman for West Yorkshire
A DERELICT Victorian hotel and pub will become an apartment building, after conversion plans were approved by Bradford Council. S2J Developments submitted plans to convert the Prospect Hotel (pictured) in Bolton Road, Bradford, into five one
Yorkshire Division One: Keighley 21 Beverley 36 KEIGHLEY’S run of three straight victories ended as they suffered their first defeat of the season. Within the first few minutes, a break down the middle by No 8 Isaac Keighley caused problems
A FORMER millionaire turned drugs importer has visited a Bradford school to speak with pupils about the consequences of a life of crime.Shaun Attwood, a former stock-market millionaire who served time in the jail with the highest death rate in America
RESIDENTS were evacuated from homes this morning as fire crews tackled a blaze in a shed that contained an acetylene cylinder. Firefighters from Odsal and Bradford stations were called to a property on Buttershaw Drive, Buttershaw, at about 8.05am
The trial of the father and ex-husband of a Bradford woman for her alleged rape and murder in a so-called honour killing has opened in Pakistan. Mohammad Shahid is accused of killing his daughter, Samia Shahid, 28, along with her ex-husband, Mohammad
RYAN Hargreaves grabbed a debut hat-trick for Thackley under-19s as they beat Bradford Park Avenue 5-2 in the Northern Alliance League.Thackley took a 4-0 lead into the half-time break before Avenue hit back with two quick goals in the second period.Jonathan
A GROUP of young bike riders who brought "misery and annoyance" to people living near a field in Wibsey have had their bikes taken from them.On Sunday police received the latest in a series of calls that a group of people were riding off road
IT is a busy night of non-league football with six of the area’s semi-professional clubs in action, but only two of them are at home. Farsley Celtic welcome Evo-Stik League newcomers Colne in a Division One North clash at Throstle Nest. The
LEWIS Charnock has warned that Sheffield will be a "different kettle of fish" when they head back to Odsal for the Championship Shield final on Sunday.The Bulls battered Mark Aston's crisis-torn side 80-0 nine days ago in the final round
STUART McCall has stressed that he will never tolerate diving at City.The unbeaten Bantams aim to get back to winning ways at home to Fleetwood tonight after five straight draws.But McCall has made it clear he would not allow his side to look to win at
THERE is certainly no “peace in our time” in the Labour Party after Jeremy Corbyn’s second leadership triumph. There is plenty of blood yet to be spilt as the party looks forward to a future of strife and splits. Traditional Labour supporters
HEALTH service bosses are hoping a new 'save it don’t waste it' campaign will help claw back £17.6million to revive their cash-strapped budget. Earlier this year the district’s three local clinical commission groups revealed they had to find ways
A MAN who smashed his way into a supermarket at night to plunder £930 of scratchcards was later caught on camera trying to cash in 32 winning tickets. Andrew Harvey and his accomplice broke into the Co-op in Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme, near
PURCHASING privately-owned empty shops could be one way of helping the regeneration of Bradford city centre, councillors have been told. Members of the regeneration and economy overview and scrutiny committee discussed the potential move in a ‘
A RIDING club for disabled people in the Bradford district has applied for a grant from the Gannett Foundation to take its riders to national championships next year. The Gannett Foundation is the charitable arm of American media company Gannett
SMOKING rates in Yorkshire are the lowest ever on record, according to Public Health England. As we have previously reported, the smoking rate across the region has fallen by 3.3 per cent over the past four years, to 18.6 per cent, and sales of
A FUNDRAISER from Bradford was forced to hobble over the finishing line of a mud-filled obstacle course after tearing his Achilles. Andy Chilton and his daughter Abbie Chilton tackled a Born Survivor challenge to raise money and awareness for the
“I DON’T want people to look at my work and say, ‘That’s nice'. I want them to say, ‘Wow!’, or not like it at all. What I want is a proper reaction.” Karen Knox wants her work to be noticed. When she sets about transforming a home, she throws her
A ‘BACK to nature’ project is opening up its allotment for Keighley groups to take part in a range of activities. The Cabbage Club in Braithwaite hopes to generate income to secure its long-term future. Club members have spent the summer growing
HOUSEHOLDS in Bradford are spending around £40 million more than they need to on energy bills says a campaign backed by Dragon’s Den star Sarah Willingham. She has joined forces with independent energy provider First Utility to warn local people
A MAN has been banned from driving after being caught travelling at 101mph in a 50mph zone on the Bingley bypass. Ansar Iqbal, a mobile car valeter, was driving an Audi S5 that belonged to one of his customers, Bradford and Keighley Magistrates
WITH Bradford having the fastest-growing young population outside London, there is clearly a risk of the scramble for parking places, at the start and end of the school day, intensifying as class sizes increase. But it’s in nobody’s interests for
