ALEX Lees enhanced a remarkable personal record against Derbyshire as Yorkshire tightened their grip on a NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals place with a 59-run victory at Chesterfield. The Vikings number three posted an unbeaten 67 in his side’s
Keighley Cougars 12 Workington 16PAUL March’s return could not inspire Cougars to victory in his first game since completing a two-month stadium ban.Workington led 16-0 at half-time after tries from Wigan’s dual-registration pairing of Lewis
JAMES Knowles has left Bradford Park Avenue to sign for FC United of Manchester, where he will join forces once again with Tom Greaves.Centre back Knowles has had two spells with Avenue, and a brief stint with FC Halifax Town in between. He has captained
A SCUBA DIVER from the Bradford district met The Prince of Wales at a special event to mark the handover of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) presidency. Mick Barraclough, 65, chairman and diving officer of the Bradford branch of BSAC, who lives
IT IS small wonder that Marcus Daniell rates Ilkley as his favourite venue.The 24-year-old New Zealander won his maiden singles title there last year and successfully defended it yesterday."Grass is my favourite surface and there is the river nearby
THACKLEY played their first friendly of the pre-season on Saturday and suffered a 2-0 defeat. The Dennyboys were away at Durham City and first-half goals from Callum Hope and Steven Stewart were enough for the home side. Andy Patterson’s men
BRADFORD Park Avenue have added to their squad by signing defender Sam Hewitt. The 21-year-old has been impressive during pre-season and featured for 45 minutes for his new team in the recent pre-season friendly against Doncaster Rovers. Previously
ECCAPOLOGIST Antony Britton is coming back to Bradford with another death-defying stunt.Bradford-born Mr Britton amazed crowds of up to 500 people last year in City Park when he escaped a burning steel cage with just seconds to spare and next month he
A bookmaker has suspended betting on One Direction splitting up amid speculation that Harry Styles is preparing to embark on a solo career.The band features Bradford pop star Zayn Malik, who was listed earlier this year as one of the wealthiest young
Alex Lees column: I have been asked a lot of questions this week about what it is like to open the batting with Adam Lyth after we shared another big partnership against Durham. We batted for a long time together against Northamptonshire earlier
A councillor says residents living near a former school site are being blighted by anti-social behaviour and flytipping.Councillor Adrian Farley, of Keighley West ward, said local people first complained to him two months ago about problems at the site
LEEDS have announced the signing of midfielder Tommaso Bianchi and striker Souleymane Doukara. The duo's arrival takes president Massimo Cellino's summer signing spree to four following the captures of goalkeeping pair Marco Silvestri and Stuart
Ilkley's East Holmes Field was turned into a sea of pink today as more than 1,300 women completed the Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The blue skies arrived just in time to welcome a host of runners dressed in striking t-shirts
Motorists were saddled with an unexpected delay on the M62 yesterday evening after a police horsebox broke down on a slip round at Chain Bar roundabout. The eastbound slip road towards Leeds was closed temporarily while the reserve horsebox was
NEW sessions for parents-to-be have been started at Airedale General Hospital.Issues ranging from keeping the birth normal to feeding and caring for your baby are covered.Parent education midwife Clare Luby, who has designed the sessions with colleague
A poignant memorial service to remember those lost in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina took place at Bradford's City Hall on Saturday. The event was organised by district councillors Alex Ross-Shaw (Labour, Windhill and Wrose
Firefighters from Fairweather Green were called to a spate of deliberate car fires across Bradford in the early hours of this morning. At 1am, a Mitsubishi Shogun was set alight in Ingleby Place in Lidget Green, and half an hour later, at 1.30am, an arson
A Bradford-based social housing provider is joining a major crackdown on tackling low level crime and nuisance behaviour across the district's neighbourhoods. Incommunities is partnering with police and Bradford Council to target issues like vandalism
West Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has given his support to a family which wants the deaths of a mother and her six-year-old son to be re-examined.Denise Clough, 38, and her son Mark, were killed in a fire at their home in Broadstone Way
