The league kicks off its 19th season this weekend with a full programme of Premier Division matches. Champions Albion Sports start their quest for a fourth title in five seasons with a game against old rivals Oakenshaw. Albion got off to a great start
Keighley Cougars travel to Barrow on Sunday for what will be a crucial fixture in their push towards the play-offs next month without hooker Simeon Hoyle. He was banned for two matches after a dangerous tackle in the Hunslet game a fortnight ago. Coach
Paul Anderson today warned the Bulls: Watch out for a Hull backlash. Shaun McRae's side travel to Odsal desperate to bounce back from three consecutive defeats and avoid being drawn into a dogfight for a play-off place. And the giants Bulls prop declared
In 1977, Elvis Presley died and an American journalist proclaimed "the Hillbilly Cat, Swivel Hips, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the King of Bepop, the King of Country Music, simply, the King." In 1962, Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as The Beatles drummer
Bradford's Kirkgate Centre is to open seven days a week from August 31 in a bid to entice more shoppers. Kirkgate Centre manager Catherine Riley said Bradford needed Sunday shoppers to compete with neighbours Leeds. "More and more towns and cities have
A once-in-a-lifetime charity event on Bingley Relief Road has been scrapped over fears from protests by eco-warriors. Bingley charities were set to gain about £30,000 from the two-day festival, in which people would get the chance to walk along the new
A homeless man has been banned from Bradford city centre under an interim anti-social behaviour order. The order was issued to 34-year-old Patrick Dooley after an application was made by Bradford Council. In the hearing at Bingley Magistrates Court yesterday
A security guard was battered over the head with a pair of boltcutters by a shoplifter suspected of having stolen a sandwich and a packet of crisps in Bradford city centre. Kevin Young, who celebrates his 29th birthday in a week, was trying to detain
A 43-year-old woman had to have her face rebuilt using 10 plates and a mesh after her son launched an horrific attack on her, a court heard. Janet Spencer underwent seven hours of surgery and was transferred to the intensive care unit at Bradford Royal
A live band concert to raise funds for cancer research will go ahead next weekend - despite an objection from a couple living nearby who said they had been unable to hear the television because of noise at previous events. The objectors living near the
A father today paid a family tribute to his eight-year-old son who has lost his fight against cancer. Little Max Tucker, of Wyke, pictured here on a visit to West Yorkshire Police, died on Tuesday - 18 months after doctors told his family he could not
A Bradford man was due in court today on terrorism charges after a police operation which spanned West Yorkshire and Lancashire. Three men were to appear at London's Bow Street Magistrates Court charged with possessing two handguns and a machine gun after
Scores of high class penthouses are expected to be built on the top of the planned Broadway shopping scheme to raise parts of it to just under 75 ft - giving stunning views of historic Little Germany and the city. Amendments to the scheme, which include
SIR - I sympathise with the residents of Low Moor having to live next to an industrial estate and having to endure dangers everyday. I live on New Works Road and well remember the Allied Colloids fire. We thought our time was up then and we all tried
The Bradford League are building up a head of steam and their skipper Matthew Doidge hopes it won't disappear tomorrow. They tackle the South Riding League in the Costcutter Yorkshire Leagues Knockout final at Dunnington CC, York having won all four of
City will wrap Jason Gavin in cotton wool to ensure the Irishman does not become another long-term absentee. Gavin has missed the first week of the season with a thigh strain and did not travel with the squad for today's game at Cardiff. Boss Nicky Law
Brian Noble believes tonight's opponents Hull possess sufficient quality to threaten his side's hopes of an eighth successive Super League victory. Shaun McRae's fifth-placed side travel to Odsal aiming to cement their play-off position with a squad supposedly
Time and again, it seems, we carry stories about children and young people behaving badly. Only yesterday, in this column, we were commenting on the child gangs who have been making life very difficult for people in parts of Great Horton with their lawless
A woman who died after a motorbike smash in Liversedge has been named. The dead woman was Sarah Brown of Fifth Avenue West, Hightown, Liversedge. The 29-year-old was riding as a pillion passenger when the motorbike appeared to have gone out of control
A Bradford University researcher from Shipley is to saddle up for a 12-hour mountain biking challenge after "flying doctors" saved a fellow cyclist. Andy Holland signed up for next month's gruelling overnight forest race to raise funds for the Air Ambulance
Fire crews, chemicals experts and environmental health officers attended a blaze at a pallet firm in Bradford early this morning. The fire was centred on a massive pile of timber at a pallet yard in Lower Lane off Neville Road, West Bowling, and started
More than 20 houses look set to be built on land in Ben Rhydding. MS Architects, of Ripon, has applied to build 23 semi-detached and terraced homes on land to the back of Valley Drive. A Government inspector gave outline planning permission for the development
Skipton police have announced that a joint initiative to curb nuisance attacks at Craven Bowling Club has been an overwhelming success. In May club members who train at the green behind Skipton Town Hall complained of ongoing problems and incidents during
House prices have risen in a run-down part of Bradford since the launch of a successful regeneration scheme. The Bradford Trident regeneration company has been named as among the best of its kind for the second year running. Managed by a board of local
Police have beefed up patrols in an area of the city where youths hurled stones at a police car and another vehicle. Officers arranged an emergency meeting with community leaders after two incidents involving a group of Asian youths around Duckworth Lane
The Bradford church Gareth Gates' family attends was today sticking by the teenage star despite reports it felt "let down" by his fling with Jordan. One newspaper report claimed he was no longer welcome at the Abundant Life Centre in Undercliffe. It said
Burglars, bullies and troublemakers beware! Step on to one Bradford street and the members of the crime-busting Neighbourhood Child Police are waiting to get you. Armed with leaflets, posters and bags of enthusiasm, the four-strong crew are determined
A man was beaten with sticks and bats by a gang while he sat in his car in Manningham. The 41-year-old was sitting in his car in Barden Street, near Manningham Sports Centre, when he was approached by a number of people wielding weapons. The man suffered
The £200 million Broadway development in Bradford is all set to start as all the funding to build the giant new shopping centre has now been agreed. The announcement by developers today is a second major boost for the city, coming just two days after
