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  • City 3 Barnet 0

    City maintained their 100 per cent home record with a second-half salvo to sink bottom club Barnet this afternoon. Three goals in a ten-minute burst straight after the restart from James Hanson , Alan Connell and Andrew Davies sealed a comfortable

  • Pakistan paralympic athletes honoured in Bradford

    Dozens of people in the world of sports, business and politics gathered to honour two Pakistani Paralympic athletes at a Bradford restaurant. Bradford-based QED-UK, which works towards eradicating disadvantaged in society, and the Mumtaz held the

  • Food lovers enjoy Saltaire Festival event

    Food lovers descended on Roberts Park in their thousands today to savour tastes from around the world at the tenth annual Saltaire Festival . It is the first time the ten-day event has staged a dedicated food and drink festival, which included

  • City team news

    Alan Connell's superb equaliser at Accrington earned him his first league start since the opening day of the season. Connell came in for Will Atkinson with Phil Parkinson reverting to 4-4-2 for City's home clash with bottom club Barnet. The

  • Bill Beaumont packs them in for Marie Curie fundraiser

    Former England rugby captain Bill Beaumont was the guest speaker and main attraction at the annual major fundraising lunch for Bradford’s Marie Curie Cancer Care charity at the Midland Hotel in the city. Other sporting celebrities who attended

  • Teenagers enjoy daredevil stunts in Bradford city centre

    Daredevil teenagers staged dramatic stunts during high-octane free running displays around Bradford’s Centenary Square today. Young people leapt over railings and performed somersaults down steps in a daring fusion of acrobatics and martial arts

  • Woman dies after crash near Bolton Abbey

    A woman died after a two-vehicle crash near Bolton Abbey on Friday. The front-seat passenger, who was travelling in a small white car on the A59, suffered fatal injuries when it was in collision with a green 4x4 pick-up truck carrying a sheep trailer

  • Historians launch Gomersal course to study old buildings

    Historians can discover the history of local buildings in a new course. Tutors David Cant and Alan Petford will deliver ‘Understanding Local Buildings AD 1000-1700’ which will examine changes in architectural fashion in different buildings from

  • Researcher finds 66 destitute asylum seekers in Bradford

    A research project exploring the impact of destitution among asylum seekers in Bradford has been unveiled. The study, which was carried out by independent researcher Dr John Lever over five weeks in June and July, recorded 66 destitute asylum seekers

  • Great Horton man jailed for Idle bottle assault

    A 28-year-old man has been jailed for six years for a “horrific” attack with a broken bottle. Jason Jones thrust the weapon into warehouseman Luke Wolowiec’s face after fighting broke out in Idle , Bradford, on September 29 last year. Mr Wolowiec

  • Man hurt after falling from Shipley building

    A man was treated for a leg injury after falling from a building in Shipley this morning. Police were called to reports that a man had fallen from above Costcutter on Leeds Road at 9.41am. Officers are investigating how the man came to fall

  • Woman seriously hurt in collision with motorbike

    A pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a collision involving a motorcycle in Keighley last night. The 29-year-old local woman was walking on Black Hill Lane in the direction of Keighley at 8.49pm when she was hit by a motorcycle

  • Wiggins is pick of the crop in vintage year

    The Beeb’s sports personality of the year awards promises to be a must-see event for once. Normally I can take or leave this annual back-slapping night in the build up to Christmas. But the “great summer of sport” (copyright every sports broadcaster

  • Bradford City catch elite players early

    City have come up with an elite plan they hope will improve footballers from a young age. The clubs’s Elite Centre will run at the Five Alive headquarters in Fairweather Green for boys aged between seven and 11. Run by former City defender

  • Man, 21, arrested in armed police operation

    A man was arrested in an armed police operation after reports of a gunman making threats in Bradford city centre. The operation yesterday morning was led by officers from Bradford South CID, supported by firearms officers. A West Yorkshire

  • Bradford Police Summer Camp leads to fall in crime

    Bradford’s innovative Police Summer Camp is making a difference to the quality of life for local people. Anti-social behaviour in the Bradford South Division reduced by 168 incidents – 19 per cent – compared to the previous year, during the camp

  • Bone DNA helped identify remains of man found in tent

    A painstaking police investigation involving Bradford detectives, DNA experts, Interpol and Slovakian police managed to identify a homeless man whose skeletal remains were found in undergrowth in a tent close to Bradford city centre. After detectives

  • Winning team of budding builders at Dixons Allerton Academy

    Students at Dixons Allerton Academy have been helping to build a wall which will take pride of place at the new £29 million school. Teams of students battled it out during a masterclass in assembling a cavity wall, overseen by project contractor

  • Bradford to host briefing on forced academies

    School leaders will hold a briefing on forced academies this month. The Bradford branch of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) will be holding the briefing, which is open to all and is a chance for teachers and educational professionals

  • Owner of Tradex Bazaar in Bradford lodges appeal

    An appeal has been lodged over a planning application which could allow an unauthorised Bradford bazaar to apply for a markets licence. Tradex Bazaar began operating at the former Shires Bathroom site in Beckside Road in August last year without

  • Bingley volunteer transport scheme could be extended

    A Bingley voluntary scheme to drive elderly and disabled patients to doctors’ surgeries may be extended to outlying villages. A pilot “social car” transport scheme has been run by Shipley and Bingley Voluntary Services since 2010, with volunteers

  • 'Full of life' Cleckheaton boy died in play rope tragedy

    Medics fought a frantic battle to save the life of a schoolboy found balancing by his chin from a play rope in his garden, an inquest has heard. Josef Kazzan’s heart stopped six times after his mum found him caught up in the seatbelt-type rope

  • Super League boost for Bradford Bulls’ owners

    Bradford Bulls’ new owners have revealed season tickets will go on sale on Monday as the crisis-hit club was handed a one-year probationary Super League licence for 2013. Bradford restaurant boss Omar Khan and former Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe

  • Bradford actress Sophie McShera returns in Downton Abbey

    Bradford actress Sophie McShera says returning to hit TV series Downton Abbey was like “going back to school”. Sophie plays kitchen maid Daisy in the period drama, which returns for a third series tomorrow. Set in the Yorkshire country house

  • Bradford woman had £50,000 drugs factory in cellar

    A judge jailing a woman with a £50,000 drugs factory in her cellar for two years has warned other commercial cannabis growers they risk bringing criminal gangs to their neighbours’ doorsteps. Sharon Monks called the police in terror when three

  • Protest held in Bradford over Pakistan drones 'injustice'

    A well-known journalist and peace activist yesterday told hundreds of people they were showing the world Bradford “cares about injustice” in a city centre protest about drone attacks in Pakistan. Yvonne Ridley, who was captured and imprisoned by

  • Coroner tells mother: We will never know how your son died

    Mystery still surrounds the death of a man who had his car and possessions stolen after a night out at a gay pub, an inquest has heard. Bradford Coroner Peter Straker said there were two possible explanations for 33-year-old Robert Lennon’s death

  • Saturday, September 15, 2012

    The following have been dealt with by Bradford and Keighley Magistrates: Shamal Saeed Hussain, aged 26, of Southfield Lane, Great Horton ; four counts of theft, community order made. Shane Metcalfe, aged 41, of Walker Avenue, Scholemoor; burglary