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  • Hendrie and Moult leave City

    Peter Taylor has confirmed that Lee Hendrie and Louis Moult have left City. Neither player was named in the squad that won 2-1 at Lincoln this afternoon. Hendrie's short-term deal was due to run out this week. He made 14 appearances - the last from

  • LINCOLN 1 CITY 2

    James Hanson and Gareth Evans ensured City made a winning start to 2011 at lowly Lincoln this afternoon. First-half goals from both strikers clinched the third away victory of the campaign as Peter Taylor's side bounced back from their Cheltenham misery

  • City team news

    Peter Taylor carried out his threat to shake up City's defence as City looked to regain the ground lost at Cheltenham. The side to face Lincoln this afternoon showed four changes - three of them at the back. Shane Duff was back in for his first game

  • Dad locked up for brutal attack on student

    A 36-year-old man was jailed for almost four years for brutally attacking a student celebrating his 18th birthday. Father-of-five Neil Evans punched Alan Burgoyne, stamped on his head and bit him twice on the arm after the partying teenager woke his

  • Burley dad jailed for attack on teenager after birthday party

    A dad-of-five was jailed for almost four years after brutally attacking a student celebrating his 18th birthday. Neil Evans, 36, punched Alan Burgoyne, stamped on his head and bit him twice on the arm after the partying teenager woke his children, Bradford

  • Tribute paid as brave Reece Walker-Sharp, 14, dies

    A brave teenager who turned down the chance of a second lung transplant has lost his fight for life. In January last year doctors gave Reece Walker-Sharp only three months to live as he had an incurable lung condition. But he astounded them

  • ‘Cash cuts will hit poorest children’

    Cuts to Government grants which are used to support Bradford’s most vulnerable young people have been lambasted by a senior councillor. Councillor Ralph Berry claims a net loss of £5.7 million in education grant money in the new financial year amounts

  • Sharon Beshenivsky detective to head murder team

    The leading detective in charge of investigating the murder of Bradford PC Sharon Beshenivsky has been appointed to head the region’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET). After the officer was shot dead during an armed raid on a Bradford travel agents

  • £164,000 spent on replacing wheelie bins

    Bradford Council has spent £164,000 in the last year repairing and replacing damaged or stolen wheelie bins, it was revealed today. In all, 3,900 bins have had to be replaced and so have 3,393 lids. Those that cannot be salvaged are sent off to be recycled

  • Chance to sit with the stars at movie premiere

    A film starring former Bradford Bulls cheerleader Carolynne Good, which was partly filmed in the city, has its premiere here next week. The Last Days of Edgar Harding, about a rock band on the brink of success, is being screened at the National Media

  • Saturday, January 1, 2011

    25 years ago: The number of positive breath tests during the Christmas drink-drive campaign was higher than the previous year. 50 years ago: The New Year was greeted by a crowd of about 300 in Town Hall Square, Bradford’s traditional site for

  • Ilkley firm lands £22m contracts

    A West Yorkshire building services group has come out fighting as recession continues to blight the construction sector by clinching £22 million of maintenance contracts. Bradford-based Morrisons is among new clients signed up by Bailey Maintenance,

  • Teetotaller admits drink-drive charge

    A teetotal Bradford man flagged down police himself when he realised he was too drunk to be behind the wheel of a car, a Court heard. Arhfan Arif, 29, had been arguing with his girlfriend, on October 29, which made him, “extremely upset and

  • Police plea after ram-raid at Cleckheaton store

    Police have released this CCTV image of two men wanted in connection with a ram-raid at the Londis store in Cleckheaton. An N-registration Mitsubishi Shogun was used to smash the shutters of the store in Bradford Road, at about 4.15am on Tuesday, November

  • Saturday, January 1, 2011

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Nathan Foster, aged 18, of Pool Court, Barkerend; assault, community order made with curfew, £50 compensation. Neville Wilson Sharp, aged 52, of Chapel Fold, Wibsey; drink-driving

  • Marine Liam Brentley set to rebuild his life in 2011

    Royal Marine Liam Brentley, who cheated death in Afghanistan, is all set to rebuild his life – and looks – in 2011. The 25-year-old from Bierley has vowed the Taliban bullet that shattered part of his skull will not take away his ambition to

  • VIDEO: Firm is flooded by broken sprinkler

    A frozen sprinkler system triggered a massive flood that wrecked two floors of a fireplace business, turning the showrooms into a disaster scene. The torrents of water that came through the sprinkler system at Crossley Hall Mills, off Thornton

  • Ilkley building firm wins £22 million of contracts

    A West Yorkshire building services group has come out fighting as recession continues to blight the construction sector by clinching £22 million of maintenance contracts. Bradford-based Morrisons is among new clients signed up by Bailey Maintenance,

  • The year we stood up to the racists

    Community and civic leaders have praised Bradford people for standing up to the English Defence League last summer, and urge them to sustain the unity into 2011. The Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Peter Hill praised Bradford for standing

  • Let us entertain you, says Bradford Bulls captain Lynch

    Andy Lynch hopes the New Year brings a new approach from the Bulls. A sea change in staff and personnel has resulted in a change of attitude, and entertainment is back on the agenda at Odsal. Enterprising football was a victim of the Bulls’ struggles

  • No worries from Bradford City keeper Pidgeley over new contract

    Lenny Pidgeley is hoping his New Year wish will be granted tonight – and he gets a new deal from City. Pidgeley’s short-term contract runs out after this afternoon’s game at Lincoln. But Peter Taylor is yet to tell Pidgeley – or any of the six other

  • Leeds United confident of keeping O’Brien

    Form and fitness permitting, Andy O’Brien will play for Leeds at Cardiff on Tuesday night despite holding talks with the Welsh club. A United spokesman reacted to news of O’Brien’s discussions by insisting: “We are confident Andy will be wearing

  • Fire as clothes dry in microwave

    A man has been taken to hospital following a fire in the kitchen of his Bradford home, caused by clothes drying in the microwave. Firefighters were called to an end terraced house in Garfield Street, Allerton, at about 7.30am yesterday following