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  • Bradford Bulls 49 Hull FC 6

    Lesley Vainikolo exploded for a Super League record six tries last night as the Bulls crushed the newly-crowned Powergen Challenge Cup champions at Odsal. Hull received a standing ovation as they took to the pitch but the generosity of Bulls fans delighted

  • Avenue climb to top of the table

    Park Avenue may have made a cautious start to life back in the UniBond Premier Division, but their reserves are flying - at the top of the Lancashire League. Under Steve Newton's guidance, the team has beaten Barrow, Chorley, Ossett Albion (twice) and

  • Moorby axe falls on Cougars flops

    Embarrassed Cougars boss Gary Moorby would like to have dropped all 17 players from the 46-0 drubbing by Swinton for tomorrow's visit of fifth-placed Hunslet Hawks. But he has had to settle for making eight changes to the side that went down so limply

  • Big cheer for Bantams fans

    City's management team and players applauded the fans last night after nearly 7,500 turned out to cheer them to victory against Chesterfield. Two late goals from Dean Windass - his eighth of the season - and Marc Bridge-Wilkinson got the Bantams back

  • Thank heavens for Vainikolo!

    Lesley Vainikolo thanked God and Shontayne Hape for helping him score a dramatic record-breaking sixth try in the final seconds of last night's crushing 49-6 victory over Hull at Odsal. Hape provided the final pass for five of the big Tongan's scores

  • Appeal goes out to find more carers

    An appeal has gone out for more crisis carers to give vulnerable young people a bed for the night in Bradford. The district's emergency fostering service Crisis Care - part of Bradford Social Services - is appealing for more people to undergo training

  • 4,000 miles - in a £200 Citroen 2CV!

    A car crazy couple have raised £1,500 for charity after driving 4,000 miles across Europe and Asia in a rusty Citroen 2CV. Neil Harris and his partner Jan Williams set off from London to cross 11 countries, two deserts and five mountain ranges in a clapped-out

  • 'Speeding driver had taken drugs'

    A speeding driver who was involved in an horrific crash which killed his best friend had been taking drugs on the day of the accident, a coroner ruled yesterday. Numan Mehmood Sheikh, 23, was a front seat passenger in Javed Rehman's MG ZR car when it

  • Driver,17, in death accident spared jail

    An inexperienced teenage driver who knocked down a 78-year-old woman on a zebra crossing has avoided being locked up for causing her death. Majorie Williams, who walked with the aid of a stick, was going to visit her hairdresser in January when she was

  • Investors left high and dry

    A Bradford property group alleged to owe hundreds of thousands of pounds to landlords and investors has been forced into administration. Today it emerged that the combined debts of PPM Investments Ltd and its two sister companies Partners Property Management

  • Bradford City 2 Chesterfield 0

    A piece of Dean Windass magic 15 minutes from time broke the deadlock - and Chesterfield hearts at Valley Parade last night. City had thrown everything at their visitors without luck before Windass latched on to a pass from the outstanding Ben Muirhead

  • 'Keep calling us with your tip-offs'

    Heroin and crack with a street value of £675,000 have been seized in Bradford this year - all due to tip-offs from the public, police revealed today. The seizures have led to 373 arrests, the latest being a 15-year-old teenager in Girlington on suspicion

  • Greater powers for Youth Parliament

    Young people are set to have more of a say in the running of the district with moves to increase the powers of Bradford and Keighley Youth Parliament. Politicians of all ages will be brought together as part of a plan to directly involve the youth parliament

  • 'Fire crews need more protection'

    West Yorkshire fire chiefs are throwing their weight behind moves in Parliament to make attacks on 999 crews a criminal offence. The news comes as figures show no decline in assaults on the region's firefighters. In Bradford alone there have been 26 examples

  • Laundry workers set for new strike

    A second one-day strike is to be held on Monday by Bradford laundry workers in a pay protest. Staff at Initial Textile Services in Lidget Green are taking the action which follows a first one-day strike last month. Initial, part of the Rentokil Group,