Winter may be fast approaching but Scouts and Cubs in Bradford have been helping prepare for next spring, planting more than 1,000 daffodil bulbs around Greengates this weekend. The bulbs, supplied by Bradford Council, have been planted at
Andrew Davies was sent off for the second time but City's ten man battled for a draw at Swindon. The Bantams were again left fuming by a refereeing decision and the defender's red card - in his first game back from suspension - looked ridiculously
Bradford residents should be able to breathe easier thanks to a funding boost of £102,000 to reduce air pollution in the district. The funding has come from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help local authorities across the
City showed three changes from Tuesday for this afternoon's trip to Paolo Di Canio's Swindon. And Phil Parkinson restored the 4-4-2 formation. Luke O'Brien made his first league start of the season in place of the injured Robbie Threlfall. There was
Detectives are hunting a suspect after a man was critically injured during a fight in an alleyway. Police were alerted after an argument turned to violence between two men at the back of a cafe. Officers received a report of a man being
Anti-capitalist campaigners set up camp outside Bradford City Hall last night to join global protests against the excesses of the banks and the failure of Governments to prevent the financial crisis. A handful of tents set up by activists began appearing
I see former Bantams – and everywhere else – striker Steve Claridge is scoring goals again at the grand age of 45. On the day when I’ll be interviewing a manager younger than myself at Swindon, it’s good to see him striking a blow for all us oldies.
It’s hard to feel any sympathy for someone who trousers a whopping wage of £6million a year. But I wouldn’t want to be in Fabio Capello’s Gucci loafers right now. Just when the England boss – and his employers – can see the finish line
That amazing Manchester derby brought back fond memories of my days over the “wrong side” of the Pennines. I got my first job there on a weekly paper in the late 1980s and would regularly get dragged along to Maine Road by some mates.
A 29-year-old man is behind bars awaiting sentence after a jury convicted him of the “wicked and dreadful” sexual abuse of a young girl when he was a teenager. Relatives of Robert Neale-Day, of Kirgate Road, Shipley, gasped in disbelief when he was found
Two women who have served their country in wars more than 60 years apart were celebrated yesterday to mark the launch of the county’s 90th Poppy Appeal. Leading Naval Nurse (LNN) Sarah Butler, from Rawdon, and 90-year-old Connie Williams, from Guiseley
A clutch of pioneering projects aimed at transforming Bradford have been given a £130,000 funding boost. A total of 17 projects are sharing the cash after being picked from more than 100 applicants vying for funding from the Social Futures
A campaign has started to give a disabled schoolboy a very special Christmas present – the chance of riding his own bike. Baildon schoolboy Emmerson Stead, five, who has Down’s syndrome, was also born with Perthes disease, a condition that affects one
Two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing copper and manhole covers in Bradford as police launched a major crackdown on scrap metal theft. Officers visited 78 scrap dealers across West Yorkshire yesterday, as part of a clampdown on metal theft which
The Government’s controversial NHS shake-up could lead to cuts in vital services for black and Asian communities in Bradford, a Labour minister has warned. Shadow health minister Diane Abbott has warned the proposals would hurt communities in Bradford
The number of horses being abandoned is growing to “crisis” levels as costs to keep them skyrockets, animal charities have warned. Roleystone horse sanctuary in Westfield Lane, Wrose, has had a record number of enquires from cash-strapped horse owners
A handyman who fell head first from a roof he was fixing died as the result of a “tragic accident”, a coroner has ruled. Graham Needham, 45, of Paley Terrace, East Bowling, Bradford, suffered severe head and chest injuries when he fell 22 ft from a house
A 21-year-old man and a boy of 15 have been locked up for a total of eight years for targeting a vulnerable man in his home and robbing him in his nightclothes. Caius Hesling and Sevi Conley teamed up with a 16-year-old youth to ransack Warren Bright
A man has described the terrifying moment masked raiders attacked a man in a Bradford street. It is believed a 27-year-old man, who has not been named, was stabbed in the legs in the clash, in which two cars were also badly damaged.
City insist they were right to back the controversial new scheme for the transfer of young players. The Elite Player Performance Plan has been slammed in some quarters as the “death of the Football League”. A protest group wants fans to show their disapproval
Peter Hood wants England to show the union World Cup flops how it should be done in the Gillette Four Nations – and help league crack the national audience. Steve McNamara’s men kick off their campaign against underdogs Wales at Leigh this afternoon
A financial assistant who plundered £113,000 from disabled people’s charity Bradnet to fund a lavish lifestyle has been jailed for two and a half years. In eight months Bhupinder Kaur stole 60 per cent of the charity’s available funds for the year, Bradford
Farsley picked up four awards during last night’s JCT600 Bradford League annual dinner at the Cedar Court Hotel – and Lorenzo Ingram collected three of them. In addition to topping the batting averages, Ingram won the Sir Learie Constantine
