Bradford City fan Emma Levine swapped a season on the terraces for a trip into the most obscure corners of Asia, in a quest to see some of the weirdest sports in the world. And she succeeded, managing to watch camel wrestling and buzkashi - a version
A Bradford A-level student flies to Hungary today hoping to guarantee her selection in next year's orienteering Junior World Championships. For 17-year-old Becky Carlyle, her selection to run in the Future Champions Cup this week represents 13 years of
Matthew Elliott can at least rest easy on one score. At the current rate there's absolutely no danger whatsoever of his side peaking too early in the countdown to Old Trafford. The Bulls' coach has constantly warned against the dangers of hitting top
Waddilove Trophy winners Bingley Congs warmed up for the big match by beating league leaders Thornton by 94 runs in Saturday's Bradford Central League programme. Dave Hemsley (50) made the top score in Bingley's 207 all out despite Joe Blencoe taking
Favourites Bingley Congs duly won the Bradford Central League Waddilove Trophy final at Harden yesterday. But the 49-run margin of their victory does scant justice to the tremendous fight put up by their Second Division opponents Aller-ton. At 109 for
Hanging Heaton kept alive their hopes of winning three cup competitions as they moved into the semi-finals of the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions Trophy yesterday. Hanging Heaton, who won the Heavy Woollen Cup last week and face East Bierley in next Sunday's
Baildon lost their leadership of Division One after an extraordinary batting collapse at Hanging Heaton. They were bowled out for a humiliating 31 and went down to an eight-wicket defeat at Bennett Lane. It was the third time in a month that Hanging Heaton
Muff Field's Naj Bari scored a superb century - but still end up on the loosing side. With Muff Field batting first against Tumblers in their Group A match, Naj scored his century off the last ball of the last over. His superb innings helped Muff Field
Undercliffe are forging ahead at the top of Division Two and look favourites to be champions. While their main rivals for the title Spen Victoria had to settle for a one-point draw at home to Bowling Old Lane, Undercliffe beat Bankfoot away by eight wickets
Bradford Bulls officials were today studying video evidence of the incident which left skipper Robbie Paul detained in hospital overnight with a punctured lung and two broken ribs. Amid allegations of over physical tactics from neighbours Halifax Blue
l SIR - You asked if anyone was happy with First Bus changes. I am. I now have a bus which frequently stops at the end of my road to go into town. I didn't have that before. I can now go to Morrisons or visit friends and relatives at Five Lane Ends including
A cabaret night has helped boost the coffers of an appeal set up to help disabled Shipley toddler Connor Entwistle. The evening of music and comedy at Bradford's Carlisle Hotel generated £373 for the fund established to buy the two-year-old a multi-sensory
Waddilove Trophy winners Bingley Congs warmed up for the big match by beating league leaders Thornton by 94 runs in Saturday's Bradford Central League programme. Dave Hemsley (50) made the top score in Bingley's 207 all out despite Joe Blencoe taking
Favourites Bingley Congs duly won the Bradford Central League Waddilove Trophy final at Harden yesterday. But the 49-run margin of their victory does scant justice to the tremendous fight put up by their Second Division opponents Aller-ton. At 109 for
A Bradford craftswoman and entrepreneur has set up the city's first 'drop-in' pottery workshop. Helen Kemp, who runs a gift shop in Victoria Road, Saltaire, is the main organiser of the venture which will cater for people of all abilities. The Phoenix
Preparations are almost complete for this year's Bingley show - leaving organisers to pray for the much-needed summer sunshine. They are confident that, despite some local opposition to the event's switch to the Bradford & Bingley rugby ground, visitors
When Francisco Riley left school, he left with no qualifications - just a dream of footballing glory. The Pudsey-born player signed schoolboy forms with Bradford City and later played professionally for Huddersfield. Now 41, with his playing days long
Drugs and racism have surfaced as key concerns of Manningham residents in a poll designed to improve relationships between crucial services and the Pakistani community. The survey by the Manningham Residents Association of 100 people criticised ward councillors
Suspected of stealing toiletries from Boots and with his description circulated via a traders' radio link, a shoplifter could not have asked for a worse person to spot him than super-fit, rugby playing martial arts expert Sam Spence. And following a mile-long
"Sold out'' signs have gone up at the Alhambra Theatre as its record-breaking run of The Phantom of The Opera finishes in style. Every seat in the house has been snapped up for all remaining performances of the spectacular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
A nationalist politician has condemned a £25,000 Ministry of Defence back pay award to paratrooper Lee Clegg for his time in jail. Corporal Clegg, of Lidget Green, Bradford, was released on licence in 1995 after serving two years for shooting at a stolen
Bradford's grim spate of shootings has continued with the fourth weekend of gun violence in a row. Between four and five shots were fired at a bedroom window in Undercliffe in the early hours of yesterday morning. No-one was hurt but police believe the
Five people were due to appear in court today charged in connection with allegations of child prostitution on a Bradford estate. Three men and two women were arrested in a series of raids over the weekend after police were passed a dossier of information
Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond has revealed that he told former manager Paul Jewell at an end of season lunch "if your contract was up now I would not be recommending renewal to the board." And Richmond has also highlighted three major disagreements
Desperate residents who were plagued by "rat runner" motorists tearing through their neighbourhood have helped design a safety scheme to halt the problem. For more than a decade, people living along Bierley Lane had suffered motorists from the M606 using
A Bingley mother is appealing to parents across Bradford to help her set up a local support group. Anne Selka's 11-year-old daughter Samantha suffers from dyspraxia - a neurological condition which affects movement and can lead to poor co-ordination.
Pioneering surgery and new expertise are set to save the lives of Bradford patients suffering from damaged or diseased blood vessels. A new consultant has been appointed to Bradford Royal Infirmary's vascular unit, bringing the number of surgeons up to
A cavalcade of historic vehicles beat the rising cost of fuel yesterday as they travelled through the district on the 32nd annual transpennine run. About 180 vintage buses, lorries and vans passed through Bradford, Shipley, Guiseley and Otley before heading
Keighley-born salvage expert Graham Jessop has told of his excitement about descending to the bottom of the ocean to view the world's most famous shipwreck. The son of the famous Keighley-born diver Keith Jessop described the thrill of seeing parts of
