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  • Willey whacks Yorkshire to victory

    DAVID Willey smashed 70 off 38 balls before Tim Bresnan and Azeem Rafiq took three wickets apiece as Yorkshire hammered Birmingham Bears in a one-sided NatWest T20 Blast clash at Headingley. The Vikings clinched their second North Group win at

  • Romain wants to remain at Valley Parade with Bantams

    ROMAIN Vincelot is in talks over a new City deal, the Telegraph & Argus understands. Discussions are believed to be well advanced with the skipper, who is entering the final season of his current contract. Scunthorpe have been monitoring

  • CAR REVIEW: Nissan Juke Nismo RS

    FUN - that’s the word that immediately springs to mind after a week in the company of this souped-up car.The Nismo RS badging has brought eye-catching design and smile-inducing performance to the practical Nissan Juke. There’s no shortage of hot hatches

  • Bulls desperate to tame wounded Lions

    THE Bulls intend to offer no sympathy to crisis-hit Swinton in tomorrow's battle of the bottom two at Odsal.Fresh financial worries have left the Lions fearing for their future and the club admitted they only just met last month's wage bill.Currently

  • Daddy cool: Roche urges Bulls to stay patient

    NEW dad Colton Roche has offered some fatherly advice to the Bulls ahead of their key clash with Swinton: “We must smarten up.”Roche is learning to divide his time between the team’s fight for Championship survival and parenting duties at home.Partner

  • Unsung heroes honoured at Bradford awards night

    UNSUNG heroes have been honoured at an awards ceremony in Bradford celebrating the city's dedication to improving lives of others. It was the first awards night held by the Centre for Politics & Public Participation which recognised the achievements

  • Line-up unveiled for Saltaire Festival 2017

    A TOP stand-up comedian is one of the star attractions at this year’s action-packed Saltaire Festival. Justin Moorhouse, who appeared in TV sitcom Phoenix Nights, will perform at a comedy night held at the Caroline Social Club, on Wednesday, September

  • Patterson delighted to be back in Thackley dugout

    ANDY Patterson has never been far away from Dennyfield, even when he was a young striker at Bradford City, and he will be back in the Thackley dugout at home games in the coming season.Patterson has accepted the role of assistant manager and is now manager

  • Court of Appeal increases depraved pair's jail sentences

    A PAIR of paedophiles,who worked as a team to rape and photograph an 11-year-old girl, have had their jail terms increased after the Attorney General intervened. Andrew Bristow and Michael Peters groomed the girl with offers of money and cigarettes

  • Primary pupils take part in 'Peace Walk' around Manningham

    PRIMARY school pupils have marched through the streets of Manningham to celebrate the diversity of Bradford.Hundreds of pupils from Miriam Lord Primary School were joined by parents and staff for a Peace Walk yesterday morning.The walk was planned by

  • 'Little Lois' bags world silver

    CLECKHEATON diver Lois Toulson won Great Britain's first medal of the FINA World Championships in Budapest.With City of Leeds clubmate Matty Lee alongside her, Toulson took silver in the mixed ten-metre synchro event in Hungary's capital.The pair

  • Yorkshire Amateur League in peak health for 90th season

    THE Yorkshire Amateur League are in rude health as they enter their 90th anniversary season.They welcomed six new clubs at their recent annual meeting, including three from Bradford and one from Pudsey.Athletico and Girlington have transferred from the

  • 'SCAR can be as big as Kick It Out'

    SPORTS Campaign Against Racism (SCAR) founder Shazad Pervez believes the Yorkshire-based initiative can be as big as the Kick It Out campaign – if they receive the support they need. Pervez, along with associate Delroy Dacres, started the campaign

  • 'Blockbuster' exhibition attracted nearly 30,000 visitors

    A RECENT exhibition at Cartwright Hall art gallery attracted almost 30,000 visitors.The Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince’s Tour of India 1875-6 ran from March to June, and in that time around 29,500 people visited the free exhibition.It included

  • Three CCGs in Bradford district rated 'good' by NHS

    THE three Clinical Commissioning Groups in the Bradford district have been rated as ‘good’ by NHS England for their performance in the last financial year. Bradford City, Bradford Districts, and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCGs all received

  • School given permission for new swimming pool building

    PLANS to build a new swimming pool building at Bingley Grammar School have been approved by Bradford Council.The school applied to demolish the existing “dilapidated” building, retaining the pool and building a replacement build around it. The uninsulated

  • Council library building sells for well over guide price

    A COUNCIL-OWNED library building has sold for £81,000 over its guide price.The Haworth Road library, a single-storey detached building in Upper Heaton, was bought by an unnamed bidder for £181,000 at auction.The library was one of 13 libraries Bradford

  • House suffers 'extensive damage' in fire

    A FIRE caused severe damage to a house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Liversedge last night.  Firefighters from Cleckheaton and Dewsbury were called to the incident at the semi-detached property on Keir Hardie Close at around 10.10pm.  A spokesman

  • The battle to stop Aire Valley incinerator plant

    The campaign to stop an incinerator plant in the Aire Valley is far from over. PERRY AUSTIN-CLARKE finds out why…TO THE casual observer, it must seem like they’re fighting a losing battle.It’s classic David versus Goliath: on one side, concerned and angry

  • Burley and Otley in Horsforth's camp this weekend

    HORSFORTH are chasing a sixth successive Aire-Wharfe League win tomorrow – with Burley and Otley cheering them on as they seek to dent Division One leaders Beckwithshaw's march towards the title.Having started the campaign with a win over Ilkley,

  • OPERA AND ICE CREAM TREAT IN STORE

    WHEN we think of opera we tend to conjure up images of opulent sets in grand theatres, filled with well-to-do audiences. No one would ever think of an ice cream van in the middle of Bradford. But that is the extremely unconventional setting

  • Bradford Arts group to offer courses in the South of France

    A BRADFORD-based arts organisation has secured £150,000 of funding to start a new residential arts programme. Fuse Art Space, based in Rawson Place in the city centre, will use the money, provided by the Arts Impact Fund, for a new project called