FIVE people have been charged in connection with a violent fight which left a police officer needing hospital treatment. Police confirmed that weapons had been used in the incident, which broke out in Highfield Gardens, Heaton, between 5pm and
SIX people have been arrested after a violent fight in Bradford which left a police officer needing hospital treatment. Police confirmed that weapons had been used in the incident, which broke out in Highfield Gardens, Heaton, just after 5pm.
EMMERDALE viewers have urged the soap to handle an acid attack storyline with care after it sparked more than 200 complaints to broadcasting regulator Ofcom. Friday's instalment of the ITV soap saw Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) confess to her father
A MAN remains in hospital after being struck by a train in Keighley. Emergency services were called to the Airedale Line close to Hard Ings Road just after 6pm on Friday, with the man airlifted by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary
A ROAD bridge in Bradford is now closed to traffic until Monday, February 19, to allow for a £900,000 upgrade by Network Rail.Engineers are removing the surface of the New Cross Street bridge as part of the Great North Rail Project in order to strengthen
A BRAVE mum has spoken of the battle her daughter faces after being born with a rare incurable genetic disease which took the lives of two of her other children. The heartbreak Mary O’Callaghan has endured over the past decade is hard to imagine
THE UK’s largest meningitis charity Meningitis Now is encouraging people in West Yorkshire to remain calm, after three cases of the disease were confirmed this week.Dr Tom Nutt CEO of Meningitis Now said: “Despite three confirmed cases in the Huddersfield
A MAN who posted anti-Muslim messages on social media has been spared jail.John Hanson, 61, of Hamworth Drive, Oakworth, Keighley, pleaded guilty to three charges of publishing or distributing material intending to stir up religious hatred when he appeared
DANNY Care will only celebrate becoming England's most capped scrum-half if Wales are dispatched in his most eagerly awaited fixture of the season.Otley educated Care will surpass Matt Dawson's record of 77 Red Rose appearances when Wales visit
CITY legend Gary Jones will be making a comeback in claret and amber this weekend as he takes part in a charity match organised by Wilsden & Thornton Bantams.Ex-captain Jones was part of Bradford's 'history-makers' in the 2012-13 season, reaching
THE man who built Bradford car dealership JCT600 into Yorkshire's biggest privately-owned company has been inducted into the Automotive Management Hall of Fame at a recent awards dinner for the industry. Jack Tordoff MBE, whose father Ned founded
AN NHS Trust which runs Bradford district’s mental health, community health and specialist learning disability services has been told it must do better. Healthcare watchdog the Care Quality Commission downgraded Bradford District Care NHS Foundation
A CENTURY-old Bradford engineering firm has been placed into administration with the loss of more than 100 jobs.Joint administrators Howard Smith and Jonny Marston were appointed to oversee assets and business operations at Ormandy Rycroft, in Duncombe
Five members of the same family who were disqualified from being company directors for a total of 16 years following a managing director's purchase of gold bullion for his sole benefit have confirmed they are to appeal the decision. Dr Gul-Nawaz
CHILDREN from a pair of Keighley schools have visited some of France's most iconic cultural landmarks.A group of 72 year six pupils from St Joseph's and Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Catholic primary schools, accompanied by 15 staff, went on a trip
DACRES Commercial is marketing a new, contemporary office building in Ilkley town centre that is currently under construction and is due to complete this summer.The development, known as The Point, is located on Mayfield Road which is just a five-minute
KATIE Ormerod laid bare her heartbreak after she was ruled out of the Winter Olympics on the eve of the Games.The 20-year-old Brighouse snowboarder was considered one of Team GB's best medal hopes in PyeongChang, following a succession of podiums
FORWARD Josh Walters has been drafted into Leeds' 19-man squad to travel to Australia for the World Club Challenge against Melbourne Storm next Friday.Walters had been due to play for the Super League champions' reserves against Hunslet at South
A FORMER Bradford University student whose awe-inspiring sleight of hand saw him spurn a promising career as a pharmacist to be a magician is to appear on screen. Adam Patel already has appearances booked in London's West End on the back of his
BRADFORD Salem have lost six of their last seven matches and have dropped to third from bottom in Yorkshire Division One. Although they have a game in hand, they are only seven points above Selby, who are in a demotion berth. “I don’t like
Steeton will look to put last Saturday's disappointment behind them by reaching the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division Cup semi-finals tomorrow (1.45pm).Having missed out on a last-four spot in the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup
WITH a 95 per cent chance of rain tomorrow morning in Millom, Bradford Dudley Hill are expecting nothing but a heavy pitch for their Ladbrokes Challenge Cup second-round tie. “We have probably played there in the past when we shouldn’t have played
SILSDEN boss Danny Forrest believes his team have shown they can cope without star player Joe Gaughan.The Cobbydalers welcome fourth-placed Prestwich Heys tomorrow and will be missing him again as he continues to serve a seven-match suspension following
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in Queensbury on Thursday night after reports from a neighbour of a fire in the property.One crew from Fairweather Green station attended the house in York Street, Queensbury, at 11.30pm, where they found a female occupant
AFTER a home victory against Gainsborough Trinity that was as comprehensive as the 5-0 scoreline suggests, Bradford Park Avenue manager Mark Bower is expected to make few if any changes for tomorrow’s Vanarama National League North match against Darlington
TRAFFIC is back to normal this morning after a car and a motorbike collided in Canal Road.The car, a silver Toyota Yaris, and the motorbike, a blue Honda, were involved in the collision at around 7.12am this morning, in Canal Road close to the Farnell
BRADFORD No 1 AARIVER levels are slowly but surely returning to normal, so a few anglers have been venturing onto the banks. Among these was Andrew Fieldhouse, whose short session on the River Swale produced two chub over 4lb. On the still-water front
GO HARD or go home – that will be the approach employed by Queensbury's Jamie Nicholls as he begins his second Winter Olympics tomorrow in PyeongChang. In 2014 the 24-year-old finished sixth as snowboard slopestyle made its debut in Sochi.
IT IS safe to say Pep Guardiola will not be among the list of potential successors for Stuart McCall.But Ryan McGowan dropped his illustrious name to highlight how it’s the players who ultimately hold any manager’s fate in their hands – whether that’s
GROWING UP as a man can be tough.For many, the pressure from their gender peers, their role models and their male relatives to be resilient in the face of all adversity, to always put on a brave face in the harshest of circumstances, defines their whole
LAST month Bradford's leading judge vowed there would be "no second chances" for danger drivers as he jailed a man who led police on a 70mph chase through the city centre. Twenty-year-old Luke Hanley was sent to jail for 12 months. The Recorder
RYAN Lowe has breathed new life into Bury’s seemingly-hopeless relegation fight.The rock-bottom Shakers looked gone after Chris Lucketti was sacked last month.But former striker Lowe has stepped up to take seven points from nine since taking charge for
CITY joint-owner Stefan Rupp explains in his own words why it was the right time to replace Stuart McCall: IT HAS been difficult to know what to say in the first couple of days after Stuart went because you only end up hurting yourselves. Emotions
AN 86-year-old former paratrooper turned charity walker has received the highest honour from the Royal British Legion, alongside another national award. Jeffrey Long, from Bingley, West Yorkshire, raised more than £120,000 for The Royal British
A NATIONWIDE tour to decide on construction centres used for Heathrow’s expansion will take off at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) today. A delegation from Heathrow Airport will kick off their nationwide tour of 65 sites still in the running to be
A BRADFORD DJ has organised an evening of house music at a city centre bar to raise money for a charity which helps the homeless.Adam Sutcliffe, who has run promotions and worked as a DJ for 15 years decided to organise a night of house music and invite
LESLEY Ellis soon got used to coming down for breakfast and finding strangers re-arranging her kitchen cupboards. Last summer, the Bradford mum and her family handed their home to a television crew who transformed it, with intricate period detail
JOHN Kear will not rush to exploit the dual-reg agreement between the Bulls and Toronto.As his side build up to the final friendly against Keighley at Odsal on Sunday, Kear is keeping close tabs on the Wolfpack – a team he believes are destined for Super
GREG Abbott admits City owe the fans a win tomorrow as the first step towards easing the pain over Stuart McCall’s exit. The Bantams could face a prickly mood at Valley Parade against Bury in the first game since McCall was sacked. Head of
A MAN caught by police doing 115mph in Bradford city centre while more than three times the drug driving limit has been jailed for just 28 days. Rayhan Rashid, 26, was seen by an officer conducting speed checks at the junction of Canal Road and
A ‘HANOI-STYLE’ burglar who broke into houses to steal cars and high-value electrical equipment has been jailed for more than five years.Jonathan Simpson, 37, was already on-licence from prison when he committed a string of burglaries and attempted burglaries
A DRUG addict found hiding with his crack pipe in bushes near the children’s play area in a Keighley park has narrowly avoided jail.Andrew Sawicki, 30, was found to be carrying 38 wraps of heroin and cocaine, which he later admitted to police he had planned
CAROLINAE can book her ticket for All-Weather Championships Finals Day for the second-successive year with victory in a fast-track qualifier at Chelmsford.The Charlie Fellowes-trained mare was only beaten three and a half lengths by Realtra when a respectable
