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  • Saltaire Brewery strikes 'gold' with new ale at top contest

    A brewery has beaten off world-wide competition to win a gold prize for an ale it has been producing for less than four months. Saltaire Brewery has added another International Brewing Awards Gold Medal to its haul of more than 50 honours, with

  • City's hopes of fairytale final victory end at Wembley

    Matt Duke saw red as City’s hopes of a fairytale victory in today’s Capital One Cup final were reduced to rubble by a vibrant Swansea outfit at Wembley. Michael Laudrup’s men were utterly dominant from start to finish and led in the 16th minute

  • Fans in city centre pubs remain upbeat

    Bradford City fans packed into Bradford’s pubs to watch the action on big screens this afternoon. And most remained in high spirits despite the scoreline. Those watching the match in Haigys, in Lumb Lane, included Barry Roots, 63, the former

  • Duxbury is extra-time hero for Baildon

    Prudhoe & Stocksfield 10, Baildon 18 (after extra time) Baildon had to overcome adversity to progress to the knockout stages of the RFU Junior Vase. Having had their offer to play the tie over two legs refused following the

  • Matthews grabs try hat-trick as Otley pack show power

    Otley 45, Luctonians 26 With the exception of man of the match Dan Temm, who suffered a knee injury, Otley made no changes to last week’s conquering side, the influential Johnathan Matthews coming into the back row and they carried on in

  • Only cutting edge missing for Leeds United

    Blackburn Rovers 0, Leeds Utd 0 Leeds manager Neil Warnock felt the lack of a cutting edge undermined an impressive effort from his players in their goalless draw at Blackburn. United enjoyed the better of the chances but could not make it

  • Late goal denies Silsden victory

    Silsden 1 Congleton Town 1 Silsden earned a creditable draw and it could have been more. The visitors are in the top half of the North West Counties Premier Division table but struggling Silsden were within six minutes of a rare victory.

  • Farsley suffer another setback

    Farsley’s play-off hopes suffered another blow as they slipped to a second successive away defeat in the Evo-Stik Division One North. Following a demoralising 3-2 loss to an injury-time goal at Curzon Ashton, Neil Parsley’s men were culpable in

  • Flat-footed Keighley are crushed

    Sheffield 70, Keighley 10 A lacklustre Keighley were totally outplayed by high flying Sheffield in SSE North One East. Sheffield’s outside half Mark Ireland started the scoring with a penalty, Keighley's rally taking play

  • Brighouse hit back to beat Arnold

    Brighouse Town earned the win that kept them in second place in the Baris Northern Counties East Premier Division but they had to battle back from a goal down at Arnold Town to do it. Following a goalless first half Liam Corrigan opened the scoring

  • Mistakes killed us admits March

    Keighley Cougars 10, Swinton Lions 20 Keighley Cougars’ winless streak continued as they lost out to fellow Kingstone Press Championship strugglers Swinton at Cougar Park last night. Even though they dominated territory and possession

  • Corby Corner-ed by Avenue

    Bradford Park Avenue 2 Corby Town 1 Bradford Park Avenue made it back to back home wins in the Blue Square Bet North in the late kick off at Horsfall Stadium. The Bradford club put back the start of their game by an hour so as not to clash

  • West Hartlepool is must-win match now for Bees

    Waterloo 26, Bradford & Bingley 11 Bradford & Bingley travelled to Merseyside to face a side who began the day one place higher and five points in front of the Wagon Lane men in SSE National League Three North. Expectations

  • Hard-fought victory for Cleckheaton

    Malton & Norton 17, Cleckheaton 24 Cleckheaton continued their good form since the turn of the year with this hard-fought bonus-point victory in SSE North One East. Malton showed their quality early on and took the lead with a penalty

  • Brave Salem beaten in final 40 seconds

    Bradford Salem 16, Doncaster Phoenix 20 If ever there was an heroic defeat, this was it. Bradford Salem, shorn of five of their first-team squad before kick-off and with another three who were flu hit, came within less than a minute of completing

  • Four men arrested in Bradford after car chase

    A car chase involving a police helicopter and traffic officers led to four men being arrested in Bradford. The chase originally began in Leeds at around 4am before the car was stopped in the Barkerend area of Bradford. The four arrested men

  • Campaign to re-open Flappit Quarry as off-road bike track

    Attempts to turn a former quarry into an officially recognised off-road motorcycle track have taken to Facebook, with more than 1,300 people backing the idea. Flappit Quarry, off Halifax Road, near Cullingworth, had been used by bikers and off-road

  • Saltaire Festival organisers issue plea for volunteers

    With around 100 attractions and upwards of 50,000 visitors each year, the ten-day Saltaire Festival is big business for the village. Organisers say the event, which runs this year from September 12 to 22, brings in hundreds of thousands of pounds

  • Bradford volunteers join aid convoy to Pakistan

    Bradfordians will join a convoy of 25 ambulances being driven 3,700 miles from the UK to Pakistan on an aid mission. A team of 50 volunteers, including seven from the district, will set off through eight countries on April 19 to the poverty-stricken

  • Walshaw strike seals Guiseley win

    Worcester 0 Guiseley 1 A late goal from James Walshaw proved to be the winner at Worcester City but more importantly it snapped Guiseley out of a run of three games without a win. The Lions are second in the Blue Square Bet North Division and