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  • Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in city centre

    A WOMAN struck by a car in central Bradford has died from her injuries. Emergency services were called to Leeds Road in Bradford city centre at about 1.55pm yesterday, following a report that a white VW Golf had collided with a pedestrian outside

  • RACING TIPS: Forest Ranger can earn his spurs at Ayr

    Forest Ranger can take a starring role on day one of the Western Meeting at Ayr by winning the William Hill Doonside Cup Stakes. There are obviously much bigger events to come over the next couple of days, but this Listed heat provides an excellent

  • Every manager knows clock is ticking, says Bantams boss McCall

    STUART McCall reckons life in football management is getting harder than ever as City prepare to take on the club who swung the axe first this season.Justin Edinburgh’s exit from Northampton at the end of August opened a sack race which has so far claimed

  • Keyes considering his options at Bradford Bulls

    JOE Keyes is pondering his Bulls future amid interest from the Championship.Matt Diskin is understood to be keen on taking the 22-year-old half-back to Batley Bulldogs next season.Keyes confirmed the Bulls are in talks about a new deal but nothing has

  • Man appears at Crown Court accused of Tyron Charles murder

    A MAN accused of killing a Bradford father has made his first appearance in front of a Crown Court judge. James Sutcliffe, 28, appeared at Bradford Crown Court today charged with the murder of 29 year-old Tyron Charles. Mr Charles was last

  • Man, 26, denies firing shotgun inside Bradford pub

    A MAN has appeared in court to deny firing a shotgun during an altercation at a Bradford pub. Tobias Conway-Graham, 26, of Telford, Shropshire, appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday via a video link from Hewell prison in Worcestershire.

  • NATIONAL: England women's coach Mark Sampson sacked

    MARK Sampson has been sacked as England Women's manager after evidence of "inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour" during his time at a previous club.Sampson, 34, has in recent weeks been the subject of accusations of racism, harassment

  • City centre road closure causes rush hour 'gridlock'

    Commuters faced long delays in Bradford city centre on Wednesday evening due to the continued closure of a major road following a fatal road collision. A stretch of Leeds Road was closed in both directions between the Broadway shopping centre and

  • Yorkshire take first-innings lead at Headingley

    YORKSHIRE tightened their grip on the Specsavers County Championship match against Warwickshire at Headingley today by moving to a first-innings lead of 45 with two wickets in hand during the second afternoon. The hosts, replying to 219, advanced

  • Judge obliges as drug dealer, 19, asks to be locked up

    A DRUG dealer who ignored the terms of his suspended prison sentence has been jailed for a year after asking a judge to send him down. Faheem Akhtar, 19, of Madison Avenue, Tong, Bradford, had his 12-month sentence suspended for two years in January

  • Yorkshire eyeing up first-innings lead

    YORKSHIRE are 66 runs behind Warwickshire with six first-innings wickets in hand having played out a hard-fought morning in day two of their Specsavers County Championship clash at Headingley. The White Rose, replying to 219, advanced from 62-1

  • Halfords issues recall notice over 'explosive' primer paint

    Halfords has recalled a batch of specialist primer over concerns that the containers could explode and cause injury. The retailer said customers who had bought the Halfords Weld Through Primer, which carries the item code 370426, should not handle

  • Supermarket giant fined £2.5 million over dad's death

    SUPERMARKET giant Iceland Foods has been fined £2.5 million over the death of a dad from the district who fell through a ceiling. Tony Hopkins, from Silsden, was working at one of the firm’s stores in Rotherham when he fell about three metres from

  • Yorkshire rides off with world cycling honour

    BRADFORD has played its part in Yorkshire becoming the first place in the UK to be officially recognised by the sport’s world governing body. The county received the Union Cycliste Internationale Bike Region (UCI) prize from the organisation for

  • Celts hit for six at Altrincham

    Evo-Stik League Premier Division: Altrincham 6 Farsley Celtic 0 FARSLEY Celtic had a night to forget as they blew their opportunity to claim the leadership of the Evo-Stik League Premier Division after a heavy defeat at mid-table Altrincham.

  • New plans for derelict former pub

    A DERELICT former pub will be re-developed into housing if new plans are approved. Plans have been submitted to Bradford Council to refurbish the Prince of Wales Inn on Bowling Old Lane, opposite St Stephen’s CE Primary School, and turn it into

  • Bradford City Women face tough derby test

    ABI Lee believes form will go out of the window as Bradford City Women take on league leaders Huddersfield Town tonight.The Bantams make the short trip down the M62 looking for their third win in a row but face a difficult challenge against the FA Women

  • RACING TIPS: Folly makes sense at Yarmouth

    VINTAGE FOLLY should appreciate both soft ground and a switch back to Listed company in the EBF Stallions John Musker Fillies' Stakes at Yarmouth.Hugo Palmer's charge has been limited to just two starts this term, after winning on her only juvenile

  • An adoption with a difference

    WHEN people talk about adoption, it usually refers to a person or animal.But a group of residents living between Bingley and Saltaire have made a more unusual adoption - a stretch of their local canal.They turn out in all weathers to help with the upkeep

  • New eye clinic offers latest imaging technology

    A NEW £500,000 state-of-the-art centre offering the very latest in eye imaging technology opens in Bradford today.The Bradford Macula Centre, part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has moved out of the temporary building it used to

  • Work starts to fell 1,000 trees at beauty spot

    WORK to fell more than 1,000 trees at a district beauty spot to prevent the further spread of a disease which kills a number of species is under way. The felling is taking place in Betty’s Wood at St Ives Estate, near Harden, Bingley, to remove

  • New Bradford cycling club launched to bring people together

    A FORMER international squash player turned cycling enthusiast is starting a new cycling club aimed at bringing communities in Bradford together.The first meeting of the club took place yesterday at the Ramgharia Gurudwara Sahib Temple in Bolton Road,

  • Conference in Bradford to give businesses digital support

    A CONFERENCE is taking place later this month in Bradford for small and medium sized businesses across the Leeds City Region to provide businesses with technology support.The Digital Knowledge Exchange is part of the established Digital Enterprise programme