Awful City slumped to their third league loss of the season against a Southend side celebrating their first away win in 2010. It was a grim night for the Bantams, who looked a shadow of the team that had matched Preston for so long three days earlier
Lions boss Steve Kittrick believes the fact that neighbours Bradford City have picked up three of their players shows the gap between non-league and lower league football has closed. Last year, Guiseley lost James Hanson to the Bantams, who
Yorkshire’s chances of winning the LV= County Championship title are all but over after leaders Nottinghamshire beat Lancashire today. Notts are 19 points clear of Andrew Gale’s side with three matches left, while Yorkshire only have two to
City made three changes from the Carling Cup as they chased a second league win. Lee Bullock came back and became yet another captain. There were also returns for James Hanson and Lewis Hunt. But Shane Duff had to settle for a spot on the bench as Peter
One of the men who has played a big part in getting Farsley to Sunday's Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup final will be kicking his heels on the sidelines as his club tackle Bradford & Bingley at Spen Victoria (1pm). David Syers has scored
I'm not going to write a column today. My mind’s not right to give it my best shot. I know the company pay my wages and expect me to churn out plenty of stories in exchange but I’m sure the boss will understand. It’s not that I can’t do any work; just
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! Now hear this – someone with a “theatrical” personality and a strong voice is being sought to become Otley’s deputy bellman. Former bellman Bomber Wilson, of Weeton, has had to step down from the role for personal reasons so Otley Town
It’s been a tough year to be a Bulls fan. Missing out on the Super League play-offs for the first time last season was bad enough; but the misery of their worst losing run in modern history was far worse. Things, as they say, can only get better. And
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he suffered serious head injuries in a pitched battle in a Bradford street. Residents have told how two vehicles were deliberately rammed into each other in Feather Road, Barkerend. A
25 years ago: Muslims in Bradford refused to back a campaign for government money to start separate Islamic schools because they would damage years of work to integrate different groups in the city. 50 years ago: Figures for people using Leeds-Bradford
Three Bingley Harriers impressed at the National Junior Track and Field Championships. Samuel Afari (under-15) and Demetric Nelson (under-17) competed in the 100m and 200m sprints, while Kerisha Bogle (under-17) ran the 300m. Gaining the qualifying
Dudley Hill Rangers look to continue their steady start to their first season in the Bradford Sunday Alliance League Premier Division when they visit Clayton Orient. Rangers have taken four points from three matches and only lost narrowly to champions
Ross McCormack has completed his transfer from Cardiff City to Leeds United and goes straight into the squad for the game at Watford tomorrow. The clubs agreed an undisclosed fee earlier in the week and striker or winger McCormack, 24, has agreed personal
Eagles director of football Mark Ellis is delighted with the way the blend of local and overseas players have begun the season. A number of youngsters from Ellis’s soccer college, which develops young players from abroad, have been integrated into the
The experience and guile of Simon Baldry was sorely missed in Park Avenue’s opening game of the season as he attended his brother’s wedding. It was a rare match-day off for the player-coach, who was an almost ever-present last season.
Tomorrow is a momentous day for Bradford. The phrase “the eyes of the world are on you” is over-used but in this case it is largely true. Plans by the self-styled English Defence League to hold a protest – and by Unite Against Fascism to stage
A Shipley community arts centre is running courses and children’s activities as part of this year’s Saltaire Festival. Children can create cupcakes from fabric and families can help make bug houses as part of the Kirkgate Studios & Workshop’s activities
A team of Bradford NHS workers were today flying out to Pakistan to help victims of the flooding. Dr Muhammed Iqbal, of Kensington Street Health Centre in Girlington, Dr Akram Khan, of Barkerend Health Centre, Sabiya Khan, workforce development facilitator
Otley is preparing to host a six-week course in Nordic walking. The energetic activity evolved from off-season ski training and involves participants striding over terrain using rubber tipped poles. Leeds City Council has organised the course which
A new minister will be welcomed into Horsforth with a special service next week. The Methodist Churches of Horsforth, Bramley, Rodley, Farsley and Pudsey, will greet the Reverend Alistair Jones into the Leeds (Wesley) Circuit on Friday,
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Ismail Abdulgaffar, aged 24, of Stamford Street, Bowling; driving without due care and attention, six months conditional discharge, £100 costs, licence endorsed. James Pickup, aged 43, of Cemetery
Bradford Council has submitted plans for a new £3m footbridge, which will form part of a network of pedestrian and cycle routesin Bradford. The Connect2 Manchester Road Bridge scheme would see an existing concrete bridge over one of the city
The Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society has been censured by a national watchdog for breaching data protection laws after a laptop containing thousands of customers’ details was stolen. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Yorkshire
The Co-operative Group has reported a 17 per cent rise in half-year profits – but warned trading conditions would remain challenging until at least the end of next year. The group, led by Bradford-born chief executive Peter Marks, is now the UK’s fifth
A second teenager has been banned from parts of Keighley after causing anti-social behaviour in the town. Mark Wood, 15, has been banned from entering parts of Knowle Park, Ingrow and Holy Croft, after an interim anti-social behaviour order was granted
A restaurant is offering customers ‘the world’s hottest curry’ to raise awareness of fire safety in the home. Customers at Saffron Desi in Leeds Road, Bradford, will be challenged to ‘put the fire out’ by trying a sizzling curry containing
Chief Superintendent Alison Rose, divisional commander of Bradford South Police, said she wanted it to be business as usual for traders and shoppers in the city centre tomorrow during the demonstrations. She said a lot of police officers
Tom Adeyemi has politely turned down an offer from Cambridge – that’s the world-famous university and not the football club. Like millions of teenagers up and down the country, City’s on-loan midfielder is celebrating his A-level results. And
Police are trying to trace the owners of a stray German Shepherd dog which attacked a horse in Bradford. Darren Manley, 38, told how his family and neighbours were caught up in an ordeal when the dog appeared outside his home in Mill Carr Hill
Bradford’s police chief today vowed that anyone who causes trouble during demonstrations in the city this weekend will be brought to justice and severely punished. Chief Superintendent Alison Rose said the reputation of the city was
A man was left trapped inside a car when it collided with a heavy goods vehicle in Queensbury this morning. Six fire engines were summoned to the scene of the accident, in Brighouse Road, near Queensbury Golf Course, at around 7am. Police reported that
A Bradford solicitor and her husband have been killed in a motorcycle crash – only a week after they celebrated their second wedding anniversary. Helen Slater and her husband Dean, a builder, died after they were thrown from their motorcycle
More than £3 million in court fines are outstanding across West Yorkshire. A judge or magistrate can order a fine as the whole or part of a sentence for a wide range of offences, including theft, assault, drink-driving, not having motor insurance, or
Lewis Hunt will always have a soft spot for Southend. The defender played 180 times in nearly five years at Roots Hall and celebrated two promotions. So he is keeping his fingers crossed that the Essex club can clamber out of the financial
Bradford Council looks set to be given extra cash for its transport funding grants – while other areas will lose out. All councils across the country are expecting to see a reduction in allocations after the Spending Review in the autumn with
Leeds United chase their first away win of the season at Watford tomorrow with manager Simon Grayson hoping Cardiff striker Ross McCormack will sign in time to join up with the squad. Negotiations with McCor-mack’s advisors continued yesterday
Political, community and religious leaders across the city are urging the people of Bradford to show restraint in the face of mass demonstrations by far-right and left-wing protesters. Thousands of supporters from the right-wing English Defence
The election campaign expenses of Bradford Council’s deputy leader are being reviewed by the Electoral Commission. The watchdog is examining the expenditure accrued during Labour Councillor Imran Hussain’s retention of his Toller ward seat in May when
Peter Taylor wants City to deliver another dose of the Carling Cup spirit at home to Southend tonight. Taylor hailed the display in Tuesday’s extra-time loss to Preston as the best so far. And he expects his team to turn that into three points when
Old allegiances will be put to one side when Nick Scruton watches tomorrow’s Challenge Cup final. Born in Morley and raised a Leeds fan before graduating through the Rhinos’ youth system, the prop forward would be excused for wanting to see his former
Lee Bullock column: We used to play on a lot of Friday nights when I was at Hartlepool and there was always a decent atmosphere. Everyone had finished work for the weekend and the supporters could have a couple of pints and enjoy it. There was a bit
