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  • Trek will support care at Sue Ryder Oxenhope hospice

    Adventurers are being given the chance to take part in a trip to raise money for Manorlands and help the hospice celebrate its 40th anniversary. The Sue Ryder centre at Oxenhope is staging a Nepal trek in November, and registration is now under

  • Women are urged to enter Ilkley Race for Life

    Women are being urged to join forces and show cancer who’s boss by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2014 which is now open for entries. Every day, 76 people are diagnosed with cancer in Yorkshire and the Humber, which is why Cancer

  • Plea for improvements at 'eyesore' Otley park

    Leeds City Council is being urged to regenerate an "eyesore" part of a popular Otley park. Councillor Ryk Downes (Lib Dem, Otley & Yeadon) says the state of the old swimming pool site in Wharfemeadows Park has been raised as a concern by both

  • Masons’ grand sum for Keighley foodbank

    Money from the Freemasons will help Keighley Salvation Army’s ongoing mission to supply basic necessities to needy families. The charity has received a cheque for £1,000 from Royal Yorkshire Lodge Number 265, which is based in Cooke Street.

  • Boys will go write wild in new Glusburn Primary School club

    Writing is an adventure for a group of boys at Glusburn Primary School. They are heading out of classroom in search of exciting experiences worth putting pen to paper for. The trips will give them fuel for thrilling stories and gripping non-fiction

  • Missing 14-year-old girl found 'safe and well' - UPDATED

    A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing from Keighley has been found 'safe and well'. Komal Hussain was reported missing after failing to return home from school on Thursday. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman this afternoon said she had

  • Mclean up front about his desire to be hit at Bantams

    The number 21 shirt will be hanging on a peg again in the City dressing room this afternoon. It would have been at Valley Parade last week if Phil Parkinson had got his way. The Aaron Mclean deal couldn’t be pushed through in time to make it

  • Public reminded GP surgeries are opening on Saturdays

    People across Bradford with urgent health problems are being reminded GPs are opening extra hours to see patients so there is no need to queue at Accident and Emergency on Saturdays for the rest of this month. Funding from Bradford City and Bradford

  • The boys in blue are taking no prisoners this season

    Ninety nine goals by the middle of January .... just study those words for a minute and shudder. Simon Eastwood may not have presented the toughest obstacle in Blackburn’s net – as City fans will testify – but he was merely joining a long list

  • Group talk on retiring overseas in Ilkley

    Retiring abroad and the legal implications of a move overseas are topics that will be discussed at a free legal discussion group at the Clarke Foley centre in Ilkley, on Monday, at 1pm. The Ilkley office of Wilsons Solicitors is hosting the event

  • Document on future of Otley Civic Centre is submitted

    A document that could decide the future of Otley Civic Centre has been formally submitted to Leeds City Council. The feasibility study, created by a working group for Otley Town Council, aims to show that a refurbished building could become self-financing

  • Barbara's thanks to Bradford for £60,000 Poppy Day

    Bradford’s Poppy Appeal organiser, Barbara Allsopp, has thanked people for their generosity during the Royal British Legion’s annual fundraiser which raised £60,000 in the district. The total matched the previous year’s, indicating that while many

  • Everyone in the mix for Bradford Bulls team places

    Bulls coach Francis Cummins last night insisted all of his players were in contention for a place in the team after revealing his 2014 squad numbers. Nine members of last season’s first-team squad have left the club and five of those – Keith Lulia

  • Police warn parents over inconsiderate school parking

    Police have visited three inner city primary schools, handing out more than a dozen parking tickets, over concerns of parents’ anti-social parking. Officers and council wardens visited All Saints Primary after residents got in touch complaining

  • Bradford teenager convicted of sex abuse of sister

    A Bradford teenager has been convicted by a jury of sexually abusing his younger sister. The 17-year-old defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was bailed to return to Bradford Crown Court for sentence on February 27. The Recorder of

  • Hendrie urges Bradford City to beat Blades to end Wells woes

    John Hendrie believes Bramall Lane offers the perfect stage for City to blow away the Nahki Wells blues. Hendrie and Ian Ormondroyd were the scorers when the Bantams last won a league visit to Sheffield United, a 2-1 Easter Monday success during

  • Members of a Keighley Muslim community visit care home

    Members of a Keighley Muslim community have visited a care home. Women from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association chatted with residents of Norwood House in Greenthwaite Close. Jennifer Smouse, the manager of Norwood House, said the ladies took

  • Bradford Bulls: Gale is champing at the bit for action

    Luke Gale admits he simply cannot wait for tomorrow’s opening pre-season friendly against Hull FC. The Bulls scrum half, appointed as vice-captain during the off-season, is set be partnered in the halves by Jarrod Sammut with new recruit Lee Gaskell

  • £55,000 boost for classes at ‘Bank’ in Bradford

    A £55,000 boost will help transform the upstairs of a former bank so the number of adult classes run by a successful community project can be increased. Queensbury Community Programme (QCP) hopes to create more learning rooms and fit a kitchen

  • Bradford Park Avenue star Deacey poised for Hartlepool chance

    Midfielder Jordan Deacey may soon follow former Bradford Park Avenue team-mate Michael Duckworth to Hartlepool United after making a good impression on Pools boss Colin Cooper. Former Middlesbrough defender and Bradford City caretaker boss Cooper

  • Bradford Bulls fans urged to get involved again

    BullBuilder are to hold a meeting at the Provident Stadium later this month that will see the supporters’ trust relaunched. The trust raised almost £29,000 at the height of the Bulls’ financial crisis in 2012 and set up a hardship fund to provide

  • Talks on Bradford markets ‘a sham’ say shop traders

    Shop traders around Oastler Market have accused Bradford Council of just paying “lip-service” to a consultation on a scheme to merge the city’s two markets. Jeff Frankel, of Sydney’s Jewellers, said every trader in John Street, Rawson Road and