CRAVEN, AIRE & WHARFE LEAGUE – Under-12A: Bingley Ajax 1 Salts Lions 2, Bingley Bayern 3 Baildon Sky 4, Burley Rovers 4 Oakworth Hornets 8, Eccleshill Barca 7 Menston Rangers 0. U12B: BD3 4 Eldwick 4, Skipton 5 Guiseley Blues 6, Westwood Jets 6 Crossley
HANGING Heaton will be hoping to crown their season by winning the Yorkshire Premier League play-offs.Having already won The All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League title and the league’s T20 Cup, the Bennett Lane outfit would love to put a third
YORKSHIRE’S Division One future in the Specsavers County Championship is just about secure following a nerve-shredding win over Warwickshire at Headingley yesterday.Chasing a target of 175 against a Bears side including dangerous New Zealand off-spinner
A MAN has been remanded in custody to appear at Bradford Crown Court charged with theft from a garage.Thomas Ward, 22, of Whiteways, Bradford, appeared before Bradford magistrates this morning charged with theft from a meter in relation to an incident
AN artist who has drawn some of the most recognisable pop culture characters in history for a series of books offered tips and inspiration to Bradford schoolchildren. Lucasfilm artist and author JAKe appeared at City Library yesterday, sketching
POLICE have released the name of a woman who died after being hit by a car in Bradford earlier this week. Kathleen Farman, who was 54 and from the BD3 area of Bradford, suffered fatal injuries in the collision with a white Volkswagen Golf in Leeds
DERELICT buildings in a Bradford street may be demolished and cleared away by the Council with the cost recovered from the owners. The cost of demolition and clearance of the former Lund Humphries building and the adjacent unit 71 in Priestman
Bradford council is "continuing to monitor" controversial online private hire firm Uber after the company lost its licence to operate in London. In a strongly-worded statement, Transport for London said Uber was "not fit and proper" to operate
BRADFORD City Women were left disappointed at leaders Huddersfield Town as they surrendered a two-goal midweek lead and had to settle for a point.Goals from Charlotte Stuart and Ellie White had left the visitors in a comfortable position – but former
YORKSHIRE’S economy “isn’t working well enough” for too many people, Bradford Council leader Susan Hinchcliffe has told an economic conference. Cllr Hinchcliffe said both the public and private sector had a role to play in ending in-work poverty
AFTER playing 11 league games in just seven weeks, Park Avenue can now look forward to a quieter spell. Barring cup replays or re-arranged matches it will be strictly Saturdays only for the National League side. But the drop in intensity presents
THE search for the body of a Bradford father continued today as part of a murder probe. Tyron Charles (pictured), 29, was last seen in Denholme on September 6, and a search for his body is ongoing. An underwater search team was still at a large
A NEW £500,000 state-of-the art centre offering the very latest in eye imaging technology has opened its doors in Bradford.The Bradford Macula Centre, part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has moved out of the temporary building it
CAMPION are well into their second season in the Northern Counties East League are are looking like promotion contenders once more. James Bicknell's men challenged for the play-off places right up until the later stages of last season and they handily
A STOLEN car has been found in a street in Bradford following a police pursuit. A police officer on patrol saw a red Ford Fiesta driving along Idle Road towards Five Lane Ends at "high speed", according to a post on the West Yorkshire Police
BRADFORDIANS are to be given the chance to audition for Britain’s Got Talent when the show’s representatives visit the city next week. Members of the team from the hit ITV show will visit The Broadway Centre on Sunday October 1 from 12pm to 4pm
CLUB captain Danny Ellis has returned from his injury lay off and Farsley Celtic boss Adam Lakeland is glad to have him back.With fellow centre backs Jimmy Pollard and Adam Clayton receiving red cards in recent games, the presence of the former Guiseley
YORKSHIRE'S battle to avoid relegation in the Specsavers County Championship has reached a critical stage at Headingley.They need 34 more runs to beat Warwickshire with three wickets in hand as they chase a target of 175 on day four.Matt Fisher and
BILLY Pearce entertained students at a 'lock-in' held at The Broadway shopping centre last night. The student shopping event - featuring giveaways, offers and the first 400 students receiving a £5 Broadway gift card - also included a Cinderella
FIREFIGHTERS from Bradford and Illingworth stations will take on a gruelling 26-mile course to support their own “emergency service” on Sunday, September 24. The four-strong team – consisting of Dave Burland and Simon Moore, both watch managers at Bradford
AN EXHIBITION of new artwork by some of the north's finest artists opens in Brighouse on Saturday, September 23.Entitled Northern Powerhouse, the exhibition highlights the quality of artists based in the North of England, and brings together more
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Pakistan faces deportation after an immigration raid on a Bradford barber shop. The raid took place at The Barber Shop, St Enoch's Road, Wibsey, where the man worked. Immigration Enforcement officers visited the shop,
A LANE of the M62 was shut following a crash between a van and a car. The collision, involving a blue Mercedes van, model unknown, and a black Renault Scenic, on M62 Eastbound between junction 26 M606/A58 Whitehall Road/A638 Bradford Road (Chain
POLICE want to trace this Bradford man in connection with burglaries. Zain Jamil Khan, 30, of Bradford, is wanted in connection with burglary offences in Dewsbury and Bradford. He is described as medium build, 5ft 9ins tall, with short dark hair, and
PLANS to add more accommodation to the site of a redeveloped former pub have been refused by planners.The former Waggoners Arms in Queensbury has recently been converted into four flats, and Robin Steele had applied to create an extra flat by converting
A 42-year-old man is due before magistrates charged with two terror offences. Farooq Rashid, of Duchy Crescent, Heaton, Bradford, has been charged with one count of disseminating a terrorist publication and one count of possessing a publication
AT ITS best, planning for retirement can be a complicated, time-consuming and confusing business.At its worst, it can be the nightmare from hell, presenting a head-bursting, life-changing minefield of bureaucracy and a seemingly endless array of financial
GUISELEY'S players have been urged to be both brave and ruthless.Manager Paul Cox issued the challenge ahead of tomorrow's tough National League home clash with second-placed Dover.The Lions have drawn all three games since Cox took charge and
FARSLEY Celtic manager Adam Lakeland faces his biggest test of the season tomorrow as he looks to lift his players following the club's biggest defeat in more than ten years.Lakeland has only been in the job since the close-season but has already
EXPLORING beauty through imagery is the focus for Bay Backner's latest exhibition.Based in Saltaire, Bay's 'How to be Beautiful' features new paintings of the women who have changed the face of female beauty.Bay's artistic creations
BRADFORD No 1 AAA big drop in water temperature and a rising river was almost certainly a major factor for the poor catches in Sunday's big-money Calder Championship.The title of Calder champion 2017 and the £620 first prize went to David Armitage
DANCE THE DREAM is fully expected to take top honours in the Dubai Duty Free Handicap at Newbury.Marcus Tregoning's filly has been off the track since May but that should not be too much of an inconvenience in this valuable mile-and-a-half encounter.After
A STEAMPUNK fair featuring a Bradford rock singer, a gin festival and superheroes are some of the highlights of an action-packed weekend. Justin Sullivan, singer with New Model Army, will be at the free Gothic and Steampunk Fair held tomorrow at the Brew
A SHIPLEY-based mental health charity has received a £90,000 funding boost. The Cellar Trust will receive £75,000 from the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales and £15,000 from The Big Lottery Fund over the next three years. The charity
A LEADING campaigner in the ill-fated battle to save Haworth's fire station hopes a volunteer brigade can be launched in the future.Steve Thorpe vowed this week that he wouldn't give-up on efforts to restore firefighting provision to the village.He
MOVING accounts of the care system, from the people who experience it firsthand, were given at a major conference in central Bradford. Age UK Bradford and District hosted the event at the Bradford Hotel, with prominent speakers coming from all
TONY McMahon is aiming to bring the "angriest man in football" to book at Northampton.City's trip to Sixfields tomorrow means a reunion for right back McMahon with Cobblers boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.The pair were Middlesbrough team-mates
YORK Cricket Club secretary Nick Kay says there is “a lot of excitement” about the side playing at Headingley in the rescheduled Yorkshire Premier League play-off semi-final against Hanging Heaton tomorrow. The Clifton Park outfit should be able to field
JIMMY Floyd Hasselbaink can see the improvement in Northampton as he plots their response to his first loss in charge.Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat at Wigan ended the Dutchman’s unbeaten start since succeeding Justin Edinburgh in the Sixfields hot-seat at the
THREE students from the district have been chosen to become part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s first young acting company. The pupils, one from Bingley Grammar School and two from Samuel Lister Academy in Cottingley, will join 17 other young
DOMINIC Poleon would be a big hit in Europe with his penchant for away goals.All three of the striker's league tally for City have come on their travels – at Gillingham, Walsall and Peterborough.With four in all so far, he will head to Northampton
T&A Q&A: Poutine As Yorkshire’s first poutine takeaway prepares to open in Bradford, you’re probably wondering what exactly poutine is. Fortunately, we’ve got your back. Poutine? Isn’t he that bloke that runs Russia? No, that’s
Inter-city trains between Manchester and York could be the first in Britain to be controlled digitally , Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will announce. Mr Grayling, who has been accused of starving the North of transport investment, will use
KENNY Black believes City have learned from last month’s spectacular collapse at Walsall. The Bantams have taken ten points from a possible 12 since blowing that three-goal lead – and claimed only their second clean sheet of the season in the win
A NEW eatery serving a popular Canadian dish will soon be opening in the centre of Bradford. Brooklyn Fries will be the district’s first poutine cafe, and one of just a handful in the country. The dish is made up of French fries topped with
THE NSPCC made 450 referrals to child protection agencies in Yorkshire and the Humber last year following reports to the NSPCC Helpline of children being affected by domestic abuse.This marked a 28 per cent rise from 323 referrals in the region during
A “CAREER burglar” with more than 100 offences on his record has been jailed for breaking into the home of a Bradford family and stealing a child’s computer. John Reilly, 49, was still on-licence from prison when he committed the “sneak-in” offence
A WANNABE mechanic who drove high-powered cars and a quad bike “like an imbecile” on some of Bradford’s busiest roads has been jailed for more than three years. Danial Khan, 22, was locked up after being branded a “menace to the public” for committing
THE Bulls have signed one of their own in Elliot Minchella. The 21-year-old, who was born and bred in the city and has supported the club all his life – having been on their books as a youngster – has joined on a two-year deal as his contract with
