Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a teenage Bradford student are hunting a 20-year-old Iraqi. Police are appealing to the public for information to help trace Reaben Borhan Kareem, who is of Iraqi Kurd origin. People are warned
A faulty defibrillator delayed kick-off for an hour but the Cougars belatedly sparked their season into life with a 44-0 win against St Helens. Both sides were forced to twiddle their thumbs pending the arrival of a new machine and when the game did
Leeds United have been drawn away to Premier League strugglers Bolton in the FA Cup fifth round if they defeat Tottenham in next week’s fourth-round replay at Elland Road. Simon Grayson’s men have been drawn away in all five rounds this
Two men needed hospital treatment after the stolen 4x4 they were in failed to stop for police. The vehicle, a Toyota Rav4, crashed into a row of parked cars before ploughing into a wall in Oakworth. A police spokesman said there had been reports of
Sheffield 19, Bradford Salem 10 Bradford Salem lost ground in the Yorkshire Division One title race yesyerday after a defeat to second-placed Sheffield at Abbeydale Park. Despite the fact that neither team had played since December 12, the game began
Keighley 12, Scarborough 3 Keighley won a finely balanced Yorkshire Division One contest against visitors Scarborough yesterday by 12-3. In the first half, Scarborough dominated possession and territory, yet only had a penalty from prop
Otley 87, Manchester 3 Yesterday's National League One game against luckless Manchester was an opportunity for the Otley players to express themselves and get back to winning ways in the first of a succession of matches they need to win, and they succeeded
Matlock Town 1, Bradford Park Avenue 3 The enforced mid-winter break did not take the momentum out of Bradford Park Avenue’s recent run as they returned to action after six weeks of severe weather with a superb away win. But despite banking all three
Worksop Town 1, Guiseley 3 Guiseley earned a good away victory as the points gained moved them up to seventh in the UniBond League Premier Division table. A solid performance throughout by the visitors gave Worksop Town a tough afternoon but the Lions
Leicester Lions 41, Bradford & Bingley 23 Stuart Dixon’s Bradford & Bingley side came into yesterday's National League Three North game with genuine ambitions of taking at least a bonus point from their hosts. But throughout the game the Bees were
Cleckheaton 10, Chester 14 Cleckheaton, after a six-week lay-off, started this National League Three North game yesterday with an early try, but the lack of discipline and the boot of Rhys Hayes denied them a winning start to the New Year. Cleckheaton
Farsley Celtic 2, Northwich Victoria 3 Farsley Celtic were edged out by the odd goal in five as the two clubs battling for Blue Square North survival under the burden of a ten-point deduction went head to head at Throstle Nest. The home side twice edged
Wharfedale 37, Cinderford 17 Wharfedale’s Mark Bedworth ended this feisty National League One match yesterday as his side’s hero with 27 points. But it had not looked so good for Bedworth and Wharfedale at half-time. The Greens’ fly half and goal-kicker
Thackley and Brighouse Town both won their belated first fixtures of 2010 but there was more frustration elsewhere as the lower rungs of the non-league ladder suffered postponements yet again. In the Northern Counties East League, THACKLEY made the most
Residents are being canvassed to see if they want to form their own parish council. The plan would mean people of the Riddlesden and Stockbridge area of Keighley petitioning for a review under the Local Government and Public Involvement
West Bowling 12, Normanton Knights 20 The goal-kicking expertise of Normanton scrum half Mick Hill proved to be the decisive factor in West Bowling’s exit from the Carnegie Challenge Cup preliminary round at the Bankfoot Oval. The visitors made a bright
Two ambitious teachers are gunning for inner-city headship jobs by taking a fast-track course to the top. Education charity Future Leaders provides training, mentoring and residency places at schools for teachers eager to become heads at schools in deprived
Residents are calling on Bradford Council to review a decision to remove bollards installed near their homes. A group of householders in St Mary's Road, Laisterdyke, have collected 100 signatures from people who use the street, asking the authority to
Saving up coppers can make a huge difference – as one employee at Yorkshire Water’s contact centre, Loop, found out. Over the last six years, Elaine Jagger has been collecting loose change from colleagues at the Bradford-based contact centre and has
